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1/4 Qirat - Ali b. Yussuf
| Issuer | Almoravid dynasty |
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| Year | 1106-1143 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1040-1147) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Ali ibn Yusuf ruled the Almoravid empire at its greatest territorial extent, yet the fractional silver coinage of his reign reflects a monetary system under pressure — trade with sub-Saharan gold sources was robust, but small-denomination silver fractions were needed to lubricate local markets across al-Andalus and the Maghreb. At 0.25g, these quarter-qirats were among the smallest struck silver denominations anywhere in the medieval Islamic world, and surviving examples with legible fields are genuinely scarce; the tiny flans shed detail aggressively in circulation.