Silk Road funerals reflected the diversity of peoples and their beliefs, from Zoroastrian rituals shown on cat. no. 1 to Chinese burial. All required money to pay for the priests of the various religions to hold the appropriate ceremonies. Some chose to join a funeral club whereby they would make donations throughout their life to a funeral fund which would be used for a 'proper send-off' by the club's members. This ninth or tenth-century manuscript is a club circular calling its members to a funeral feast, presumably of a former member, and asking for their contributions of wine and woollen cloth.
Ink on paper
The British Library,
Or.8210/S.2242