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1 Dirham - an-Nasir Salah ad-Din Zabid
| Issuer | Rasulid dynasty |
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| Year | 1400-1424 |
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| Value | 1 Dirham (0.7) |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a cartouche or shield-shaped device enclosed within an interlaced geometric frame, surrounded by a continuous Arabic legend in naskh script filling the annular field. The overall design is characteristic of Rasulid hammered silver coinage, with cursive inscriptions arranged concentrically around the central motif. The flan is irregular and slightly ragged at the edges, consistent with hand-struck medieval Islamic dirhams. A dotted or beaded border is partially visible along the periphery. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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The Rasulids governed Yemen from their capital Tihama for over two centuries, maintaining unusual autonomy from the Mamluk sultans of Egypt who nominally overshadowed regional power. An-Nasir Salah ad-Din ruled during a period of internal succession disputes following the dynasty's peak under al-Ashraf Isma'il — the coinage of his reign is correspondingly sparse in surviving examples. Zabid, as the mint city, was the commercial and intellectual heart of the Tihama plain, not a secondary provincial operation.