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1 Dirham - Abu'l-Hassan 'Ali
| Issuer | Wattasid dynasty |
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| Year | 1526-1554 |
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| Value | 1 Dirham (0.7) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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The Wattasids ruled Morocco in a period of compounding crises — Portuguese fortresses controlled key Atlantic ports, the Saadian sharifs were pushing hard from the south, and the dynasty's grip on Fez itself was intermittent at best. Abu'l-Hassan 'Ali reigned through this instability, and the coinage reflects it: weights fluctuate across surviving examples, suggesting minting conditions that were anything but controlled. The A#Z549 reference type is sparsely documented, and attributions rely heavily on stylistic comparison rather than archival mint records.