Specimen record
buw-014
Buw-014 Buwayhid Dynasty, ʿAdud al-Dawla (AH 338-372 / AD 949-983). Silver dirham (3.96 gm, 28.54 mm), Jannaba, AH 341 = AD 952/3 Album 1548. Very rare mint.
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buw-014
House record
This specimen
- Inventory no.
- buw-014
- Weight
- 3.96 gm
- Diameter
- 28.54 mm
Type (catalogue)
- Dynasty
- Buyid Dynasty
- Ruler
- ʿAdud al-Dawla
- Reign
- AD 949–983
- Metal
- Silver
- Denomination
- Dirham
- Mint
- Jannaba
- AH
- 341
- AD
- 952/3
- References
- Album 1548
Obverse
‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / Abū Shujāʿ’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Abu Shujaʿ’ in Arabic); in the inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Jannābā sana iḥdā wa arbaʿīn wa thalātha miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Jannaba in the year 341’ in Arabic); in the outer margin, ‘li-llāh al-amr min qabl wa min baʿd wa yawmaʾidhin 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
Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Mutiʿ lillah (AH 334-363 / AD 946-974) and his own father Rukn al-Dawla Abu ʿAli (AH 335-366 / AD 947-977) as overlord, ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / al-Muṭīʿ lillāh / Rukn al-Dawla Abū ʿAlī / Būya’ (‘For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Mutiʿ lillah. Rukn al-Dawla Abu ʿAli Buya’ 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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