1 Dirham - Asad ibn Bik Andaraba

Khuttal was a small principality in the upper Oxus valley, in what is now southern Tajikistan, that maintained a precarious semi-independence under Abbasid suzerainty through the ninth century. Local rulers like Asad ibn Bik struck their own dirhams but were careful to include Abbasid formulae — a political calculation as much as a religious one. Album 1490 is among the rarer listings in his Central Asian series, reflecting how briefly and tenuously these minor amirs held enough stability to operate a mint at Andaraba.