Catalog
1 Dirham - Ámir b. Dá'úd Aden
| Issuer | Tahirid dynasty (Yemen) |
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| Year | 1538 |
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| Value | 1 Dirham (0.7) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bearing the Shahada inscription in angular Arabic script, arranged in multiple lines within a circular or cartouche-like border. The legend radiates outward with decorative linear elements extending toward the coin's irregular edge, characteristic of Tahirid hammered silver coinage. The script is crudely but boldly struck, typical of provincial Yemeni minting practice of the mid-sixteenth century. The field shows the Islamic declaration of faith along with a Quranic phrase, presented in a compact, stacked format. Overall design is geometric and calligraphic with no figurative imagery. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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The Tahirid sultans of Yemen were extinguished almost exactly at the moment this coin was struck — the Ottomans under Hadım Suleiman Pasha took Aden in 1538, ending Tahirid rule and incorporating Yemen into the Ottoman provincial system. A dirham issued in Aden under Ámir b. Dá'úd in that same year sits at the precise edge of a dynasty's collapse, likely among the final issues before the mint passed to new authority.