1 Dirham - Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Yahya Balkh

The Banijurids were a minor Samanid client dynasty governing parts of Khurasan and Tokharistan in the ninth and tenth centuries, administering their territories under formal Samanid suzerainty while retaining the right to strike coinage in their own names — a privilege that functioned as the primary public signal of autonomous authority. Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Yahya represents the third generation of the family to hold that privilege. Balkh, one of the ancient cities of the region, served as a major mint for Samanid-sphere governors throughout this period.

The A#1436.3 reference places this within Album's classification of rare Banijurid issues, and surviving examples are genuinely scarce.