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1 Dirham - Al-Hasan al-Mustansir ibn Yahya
| Issuer | Taifa of Málaga |
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| Year | 1039 |
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| Weight | 1.94 g |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Mint | Málaga |
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Al-Hasan al-Mustansir ibn Yahya ruled the Hammudid taifa of Málaga during one of the most fractured periods in Andalusian political history — the muluk al-tawa'if, when the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba had collapsed entirely and Iberia fragmented into dozens of competing petty kingdoms. The Hammudids were Idrisid Berbers who had briefly seized the Caliphal throne in Córdoba itself before being expelled, and their Málaga taifa retained caliphal pretensions long after the political reality had evaporated.
Vives 825 is a scarce type. At 1.94g this example sits at the lower end of the dirham weight standard the Hammudids nominally maintained.