Specimen record
abb-055
Abb-055 ʿAbbasid Caliphate, temp. Harun al-Rashid (AH 170-193 / AD 786-809). Silver dirham (2.86 gm, 26.05 mm), Madinat al-Salam, AH 182 = AD 798/9. Album 219.9.
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abb-055
House record
This specimen
- Inventory no.
- abb-055
- Weight
- 2.86 g
- Diameter
- 26.05 mm
Type (catalogue)
- Dynasty
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Ruler
- Harun al-Rashid
- Reign
- AH 170–193 / AD 786–809
- Metal
- Silver
- Denomination
- Dirham
- Mint
- Madinat al-Salam
- AH
- 182
- AD
- 798/9
- References
- Album 219.9
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 margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Madīnat al-Salām sana ithnatayn wa thamānīn wa miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Madinat al-Salam in the year 182’ in Arabic).
Reverse
Citing his son al-Amin Muhammad as heir, and his vizier Jaʿfar, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / mimmā amara bihī al-amīr al-Amīn / Muḥammad ibn amīr al-muʾminīn / Jaʿfar’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. From that ordered by Amir al-Amin Muhammad son of the Commander of the Believers. Jaʿfar’ 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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