Specimen record
qarakhan-028
Qarakhan-028 Qarakhanid Dynasty, Nasr ibn ʿAli (AH 383-403 / AD 993-1012). Silver dirham (2.69 gm, 24.58 mm), Uzkand (Uzgen), AH 39x. Album 3302. Rare.
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qarakhan-028
House record
This specimen
- Inventory no.
- qarakhan-028
- Weight
- 2.69 gm
- Diameter
- 24.58 mm
Type (catalogue)
- Dynasty
- Qarakhanid Dynasty
- Ruler
- Nasr ibn ʿAli
- Reign
- 993–1012
- Metal
- Silver
- Denomination
- Dirham
- Mint
- Uzkand (Uzgen)
- AH
- 39x
- References
- Album 3302
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 Ūzkand sana … wa tisʿīn wa thalātha miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Uzkand in the year 39x’ in Arabic).
Reverse
Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Qadir billah (AH 381-422 / AD 991-1031) and his own brother and overlord Ahmad ibn ʿAli (AH 384-407 / AD 994-1016) as Nasir al-Haqq Khan, and calling himself al-Muʾayyad al-ʿAdil Ilek, ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / al-Qādir billāh Nāṣir al-Ḥaqq Khān / al-Muʾayyad al-ʿĀdil Īlik’ (‘For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Qadir billah. Nasir al-Haqq Khan. al-Muʾayyad al-ʿAdil Ilek’ in Arabic); at the bottom, ‘Nasr’ (in Uighur script); 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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