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1 Dinar - al-Qa'im al-Qayrawan
| Issuer | Fatimid Caliphate |
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| Year | 947 |
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| Currency | Dinar (909-1171) |
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| Reverse description | Epigraphic reverse displaying five horizontal lines of bold Kufic script in the central field, naming the Fatimid Imam-Caliph al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah with his titles: al-Imam Abu al-Qasim Muhammad, Amir al-Mu'minin, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah. A circular marginal legend in Kufic script runs around the outer field, containing the Quranic verse 9:33 attesting to the mission of the Prophet Muhammad, enclosed between the inner beaded border and the outer dentilated rim. The overall design is purely calligraphic, in the established Fatimid tradition of aniconic gold coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | الإمام أبو القاسم محمد أمير المؤمنين القائم بأمر الله محمد رسول الله أرسله بالهدى ودين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون |
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Al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah was the second Fatimid caliph, and his reign was defined less by consolidation than by survival — the Kharijite rebellion led by Abu Yazid nearly ended the dynasty entirely, his forces reaching the gates of al-Mahdiyya itself. Al-Qa'im died in 946, just before the rebellion was finally crushed by his son and successor al-Mansur, meaning this Qayrawan mint issue from 947 was struck posthumously in his name during the transitional period before al-Mansur's own titulature was formally adopted on the coinage.