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1/4 Fractional Dirham - Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
| Issuer | Fatimid Caliphate |
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| Year | 996-1021 |
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| Value | 1/4 Dirham (7⁄40) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
| Obverse lettering | لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله |
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Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah remains one of the most disputed figures in Islamic history — variously characterized as mentally unstable, deliberately provocative, or executing a coherent if radical theological program. His reign saw the destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in 1009, severe sumptuary laws targeting specific groups, and the banning of certain foods including mulūkhiyya. Fractional silver of this type circulated through Fatimid Egypt and the Levant during precisely those decades of institutional turbulence.
The quarter dirham denomination served real transactional demand in urban markets where the full dirham was too large for daily exchange. Al-Hakim was later deified by the Druze faith following his disappearance in 1021 — an event his followers interpreted as occultation rather than death.