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1/2 Qirsh - Abd al-Azīz Hejaz and Nejd and Dependencies
| Issuer | Hejaz and Nejd (1926-1932) |
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| Year | 1930 |
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| Value | 1/2 Qirsh (1⁄44) |
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| Obverse description | The entire field is occupied by a multi-line Arabic inscription in flowing Naskh script, arranged in four curved lines radiating around a plain central field. The legend reads the full royal title and name of King Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud, identifying him as King of Hejaz, Nejd and Dependencies. The inscription fills the coin from rim to rim with no border ornamentation. The overall design is purely epigraphic, consistent with Islamic numismatic tradition eschewing figural imagery. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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The "Hejaz and Nejd and Dependencies" title on this issue reflects the transitional period following Ibn Saud's consolidation of power — the Hejaz had fallen to his forces in 1925, and the unified Kingdom of Saudi Arabia would not be formally proclaimed until 1932. These coins were struck in a deliberately understated idiom, partly to avoid offending Islamic sensibilities about figural imagery, and partly to assert a new legitimacy over the holiest cities in Islam without appearing ostentatious to pilgrims arriving for the Hajj.
The "Dependencies" designation in the issuer name was quietly dropped when the kingdom was unified.