Book of Mazarbul

The Dwarven Book of Mazarbul was begun in TA 2989, upon Balin's return to Moria, with Ori as one of the its scribes. The book recounted the expedition within Moria, including a battle with Orcs that inhabited the old halls of Khazad-dûm, in which Balin's Dwarves were victorious. They settled in the Twenty-first Hall of North end, above the East-gate, and Balin himself ruled his new domain from the old Chamber of Records, also called the Chamber of Mazarbul. Over the next five years, the Dwarves seemed to have settled quite successfully into their new home, exploring under the mountains as far as the West-gate, recovering Durin's Axe and apparently other priceless items made of mithril.
The lordship of Balin was short-lived. Ori, who was with him in Moria, recorded in the last pages of how an army of Orcs came unexpectedly from the east, slaying Balin outside the East-gate. The Dwarves defended themselves, but were beleaguered from the east by Orcs and from the west by the mysterious Watcher in the Water. Their last stand was in the Chamber of Mazarbul, where Orcs eventually overcame and destroyed them.
The book was found twenty-four years later by the Fellowship of the Ring, burned, slashed, and blood-stained, and missing a number of pages, but still readable in some parts. Gandalf passed it to Gimli to return ultimately to King Dáin in Erebor, after which nothing more is said of it.The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Chapter V: "The Bridge of Khazad-dûm"
==Text ==
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1 - 3We drove out orcs from the great gate and guard(r)oom and took the first hall: we slew many in the br(i)ght sun in the dale: Flói was killed by an arrow. He slew the great chiefta(in)[. We did burry]Analysis of the facsimiles Flóiunder grass near Mirrormer(e) [but more] came… [was bro] ken[.]… (w?)e repaire(d …We have taken the twenty-first hall of northern[e] nd to dwell in There is g(ood) air [its …… good] that can easily bewatched [over and] the shaft is clear …[.]Balin has set up his seat in the chamber of Mazarbul … [we] ga(th)ere[d lots of]Gold ……… [a] wonderful [find] (lay?) Durin's Axe [and his] silver helm Balin h(a)s ta(k)en them for his ownBalin is now lord of Moria:* * * * * *… today we found truesilver …[bin …we a] wellforged hel(m [a]n[d a] coat m(ade?) all of purest mithril[. We sent]Óin to seek for the upper armouries of the third deep[and then] go westwards to s[eek up] to Hollin gate the-aPictures by J.R.R. Tolkien, 24. "Leaves from the Book of Mazarbul"
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r … [only 5 ye] arssince [we settled in Moria and all] readysorrow [has fallen on us.] (y)estreday being the tenth of novemberBalin lord of Moria fellin Dimrill Dale; he went aloneto look in Mirrormere. An orcshot him from behind a stone. weslew the orc but many more ca[me] up from east up the Silverlode …we rescued Balin’s b(ody) …… [we] re a sharp battle …we have barred the gates but doubt if[it] can hold them long. if there isno escape it will be a horrible fate (to)suffer - but I shall hold[.]5
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[6]We cannot get out: we cannot get outthey have taken the bridge and second h(a)ll. Frár & Lóni & Náli fell there bravely wh(ile the) rest retr[eated to]Ma(zarb)ul. We still ho[ldin]g: but hope u[ndyi] n[g.] (Ó?)ins party went 5 days ago but (today) only4 returned: the pool is up to the wallat Westgate: the watcher in the water took Óin - we cannot get out: the end comes soon we hear drums drums in the deep.They are coming
==Trivia==
* The text of the facsimiles is slightly different than Gandalf's oral reading. Given that the grammar in the facsimiles is very poor (likely due to the damaged nature of the pages), it may be possible that Gandalf orally corrected the grammar as he read.
* In The Fellowship of the Ring novel, the book is found and kept for Dáin II; in Peter Jackson's 2001 film, it is found but the Fellowship do not keep it.
* In the film, the text of the book is different: "They have taken the bridge and the Second Hall. We have barred the gates but cannot hold them for long. The ground shakes...drums, drums in the deep. We cannot get out. The shadow moves in the dark. We cannot get out. They are coming.", hinting at the possibility that Durin's Bane hindered them or at least was seen.
*The book's text was provided by Tolkien separately from The Fellowship of the Ring's publication.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Boek van Mazarbul
Amharic 	ትንቢተ ማዛርቡል
Albanian 	Libri i Mazarbul
Arabic 	كتاب مازاربول
Aragonese 	Libro de Mazarbul
Armenian 	Մազարիբուլի գիրքը
Assamese 	মাজাৰবুলৰ কিতাপ
Azerbaijani 	Mazarbul Kitabı
Basque 	Mazarbulen liburua
Belarusian Cyrillic	Мазарбул кніга
Bosnian 	Knjiga Mazarbul
Breton 	Levr Mazarbul
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Книга на Мазарбул
Catalan 	Llibre de Mazarbul
Cebuano 	Basahon ni Mazarbul
Corsican 	Libru di Mazarbul
Croatian 	Knjiga Mazarbul
Czech 	Kniha Mazarbul
Danish 	Mazarbuls Bog
Dutch 	Boek van Mazarbul
Esperanto 	Libro de Mazarbulo
Estonian 	Mazarbuli Raamat
Filipino 	Aklat ng Mazarbul
Finnish 	Mazarbulin kirja
French 	Livre de Mazarbul
Friulian 	Libri di Mazarbul
Galician 	Libro de Mazarbul
Georgian 	მაზარბულის წიგნი
German 	Buch von Mazarbul
Greek 	Βιβλίο του Μαζαρβολ
Gujarati 	મઝરબુલની ચોપડી
Haitian Creole 	Liv nan Mazarbul
Hawaiian 	Buke o Mazarbul
Hebrew 	ספר םאזארבול
Hindi 	मजारबुल की किताब
Hungarian 	Mazarbul könyve
Indonesian 	Kitab Mazarbul
Irish Gaelic 	Leabhar Mazarbul
Italian 	Libro di Mazarbul
Japanese 	マザルブルの書
Javanese 	Kitab Mazarbul
Kannada 	ಮಝಾರ್ಬುಲ್ ಪುಸ್ತಕ
Kazakh 	Мазарболдың кітабы (Cyrillic) Mazarboldıñ kitabı (Latin)
Konkani 	मजारबुल हाचें पुस्तक
Kurdish 	Mazarbul pirtûk (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Мазарбул китеби
Latin 	Liber Mazarbul
Latvian 	Mazarbul grāmata
Lithuanian 	Mazarbul knyga
Luxembourgish 	Buch vun Mazarbul
Macedonian Cyrillic	Книга на Мазарбул
Malagasy 	Bokin'i Mazarbul
Malayalam 	മസർബുളിന്റെ പുസ്തകം
Malaysian 	Buku Mazarbul
Maori 	Pukapuka o Mazarbul
Maltese 	Ktieb ta' Mazarbul
Marathi 	मझरबुलची पुस्तक
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Мазарбулын ном
Nepalese 	मजारबुलको पुस्तक
Norwegian 	Mazarbuls Bok
Mazarbul-boken
Occitian 	Libre de l'Mazarbul
Pashto 	بووک وف مازاربول ?
Persian 	کتاب مازاربول
Polish 	Księga Mazarbul
Portuguese 	Livro de Mazarbul
Punjabi 	ਮਜ਼ਾਰਬਾਲ ਦੀ ਕਿਤਾਬ
Russian 	Книга Мазарбул
Romanian 	Cartea Mazarbului
Sanskrit 	मजारबुल का पुस्तक
Sicilian 	Libbru di l'Mazarbul
Sinhalese 	මසර්බුල් පොත
Swahili 	Kitabu cha Mazarbul
Swedish 	Mazarbuls Bok
Samoan 	Tusi a Mazarbul
Scots 	Beuk o Mazarbul
Scottish Gaelic 	Leabhar Mazarbul
Serbian 	Књига о Мазарбулу (Cyrillic) Knjiga o Mazarbulu (Latin)
Slovak 	Kniha Mazarbul
Slovenian 	Knjiga Mazarbul
Somali 	Kitaabka Mazarbul
Spanish 	Libro de Mazarbul
Swahili 	Kitabu cha Mazarbul
Tagalog 	Aklat ni Mazarbul
Tajik Cyrillic 	Мазарбул китоб
Tamil 	மஜார்புல் புத்தகம்
Tatar 	Мазарбул китабы
Telugu 	మజార్బుల్ బుక్
Turkish 	Mazarbul kitabı
Turkmen 	Mazarbul Kitaby
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Книга Мазбурла
Urdu 	کتاب مازآربال
Uzbek 	Мазарбулнинг китоби (Cyrillic) Mazarbulning kitobi (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Sách Mazarbul
Waray 	Basahán ni Mazarbul
Welsh 	Llyfr Mazarbul
Yiddish 	באָאָק אָף מאַזאַרבול
Yoruba 	Ìwé Mazarbul
==References==
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fr:Livre de Mazarbul
it:Libro di Mazarbul
pl:Księga Mazarbul
tr:Mazarbul'un Kitabı
ru:Книга Мазарбул
Category:In-universe books
Category:Moria
Category:Dwarven objects
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