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1 Dirham - Muhadhdhab al-Dawla al-Salîq
| Issuer | Imranid dynasty |
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| Year | 995 |
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| Weight | 3.29 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by multiple horizontal lines of Kufic Arabic religious legend arranged in stacked registers, typical of Abbasid-derived dirham typology. The shahada and related pious formulae fill the central area in angular Kufic script. An inner dotted border ring encircles the central text field, with a further marginal legend running along the outer border zone. The flan is irregular and slightly ragged at the edges, consistent with hand-struck hammered production of the period. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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The Imranids were a minor Kurdish dynasty operating as vassals under the Buyid confederation in the mountainous regions near Diyar Bakr. Muhadhdhab al-Dawla al-Saliq's reign is poorly documented in the Arabic chronicles, and surviving coinage constitutes one of the few concrete records of his rule. Reference A#1587 covers a narrow window of production, and attributable examples are genuinely uncommon in Western collections.