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1 Dirham - Ahmad b. Qudam Sijistan
| Issuer | Saffarid dynasty |
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| Year | 919 |
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| Currency | Dinar (861-1222) |
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| Obverse description | Central field contains multiple lines of Kufic Arabic inscription arranged in horizontal registers within a double linear circle. An inner marginal band carries a secondary Arabic legend in Kufic script, and an outer marginal band bears a further circumferential inscription running the full circumference of the flan. The die-struck legends are bold and characteristic of early 4th century AH Saffarid coinage, executed on an irregularly shaped hammered flan with typical flan-edge irregularities. |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays three to four horizontal lines of Kufic Arabic text within a double linear circle, with a pellet or small ornament above the uppermost line. The inner marginal band and outer marginal band each carry circumferential Kufic legends. The overall layout follows the standard Abbasid-derived dirham format adapted by Saffarid governors, struck on a roughly circular hammered flan showing characteristic edge irregularities and surface patination consistent with the period. |
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Ahmad b. Qudam ruled Sijistan as a Saffarid governor during a period of acute dynastic fragmentation, when the family that had produced Ya'qub and 'Amr b. al-Layth was reduced to a succession of short-lived local figures fighting off both Samanid pressure from the north and internal rivals. His name appearing on a dirham at all reflects the tenuous but deliberate assertion of autonomous authority — coin strikes were political acts, not administrative formalities. The Samanids would consolidate control over the region within years.