Specimen record
abb-052
Abb-052 ʿAbbasid Caliphate, al-Muktafi billah (AH 289-295 / AD 902-908). Silver dirham (3.00 gm, 25.90 mm), al-Kufa, AH 289 = AD 902. Album 244.1.
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abb-052
House record
This specimen
- Inventory no.
- abb-052
- Weight
- 3.00 gm
- Diameter
- 25.90 mm
Type (catalogue)
- Dynasty
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Ruler
- al-Muktafi billah
- Reign
- AD 902–908
- Metal
- Silver
- Denomination
- Dirham
Obverse
‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him’ in Arabic); in the inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi al-Kūfa sana tisʿ wa thamānīn wa miʾatayn’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in al-Kufa in the year 289’ in Arabic); in the outer margin, ‘li-llāh al-amr min qabl wa min baʿd wa yawmaidhin yafraḥu al-muʾminūn bi naṣr Allāh’ (‘To Allah belongs the command before and after, and on that day the believers will rejoice with the help of Allah’ in Arabic; Qurʾān 30: 4-5).
Reverse
Within a circle, ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / al-Muktafī billāh’ (‘For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Muktafi billah’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih wa law kariha al-mushrikūn’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth, so that He may make it overcome all religions, even though the unbelievers may dislike it’ in Arabic).
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