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1 Dirham - al-Mahdí-li-dín Alláh Ahmad al-Jahili
| Issuer | Rassid dynasty |
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| Year | 1251 |
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| Currency | Dinar (897-1296) |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a multi-line Arabic religious legend in bold, raised Naskhi script, arranged within a square cartouche delineated by a raised linear border. The inscription comprises the Shahada and the ruler's name and titles. A secondary Arabic marginal legend encircles the central square, running within a beaded outer border. The flan is characteristically irregular in outline, as typical of hammered Rassid silver coinage of the medieval Yemeni period. |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing a multi-line Arabic legend in raised Naskhi script within a square cartouche formed by a raised linear frame, containing religious formulae and the ruler's honorific titles. A continuous Arabic marginal legend occupies the annular field between the square border and the outer beaded rim. The flan edges are irregular and scalloped, consistent with hand-struck production typical of Rassid dynasty dirhams of the mid-seventh century AH. |
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The Rassid imamate of Yemen maintained an unusually continuous tradition of silver dirhams at a time when much of the Islamic world had effectively abandoned the denomination in favor of copper or gold. Al-Mahdi li-Din Allah Ahmad al-Jahili ruled as imam in a line of Zaydi scholars whose religious legitimacy was inseparable from their coinage rights — the dirham was as much a theological statement as a fiscal instrument. The Zaydi imamate would survive, intermittently, until 1962.