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1 Dirham - Jastan b. Rabib al-Dawla
| Issuer | Hadhabani, Kurds of |
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| Year | 1060-1061 |
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| Value | 1 Dirham (0.7) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears a multi-line Arabic inscription in angular Kufic script, arranged in horizontal registers within concentric circular borders. The legend names the Abbasid caliph al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, followed by the name and titles of the local Kurdish ruler Jastan b. Rabib al-Dawla with his laqab Abu Shuja' Alp Arslan. A Quranic verse (Surah 9:33) occupies the outer marginal legend, encircling the central panel and separated from it by linear ring borders. The flan is irregular and the die is slightly off-center, as is typical of hammered billon issues of this dynasty. The overall composition follows the standard Abbasid dirham format adapted by the Hadhabani Kurdish rulers of Irbil. |
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The Hadhabani Kurdish dynasty controlled territory around Lake Urmia in what is now northwestern Iran, operating as a semi-autonomous power amid the collapse of Buyid authority and the westward advance of the Seljuq Turks. Jastan b. Rabib al-Dawla issued coinage during precisely the period when the Seljuqs under Alp Arslan were consolidating control over the region, making the survival of independent Kurdish minting even this brief a minor political curiosity.
Billon issues from minor dynastic powers of this period were often struck on whatever silver-bearing metal was locally available, and die workmanship varies sharply across the type.