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1 Dirham - Sharaf al-Dawla Abul Fawaris Suq Al-ahwaz mint
| Issuer | Buyid Dynasty (Al Buwayh) |
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| Year | 983-989 |
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| Value | 1 Dirham (0.7) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field filled with multiple horizontal lines of Kufic Arabic script arranged in registers, bearing the name of the Abbasid caliph al-Ta'i' li-llah and Buyid honorifics. The legends include the Prophetic formula 'Muhammad Rasul Allah salla Allahu alayhi' followed by the name of the reigning caliph al-Ta'i' li-llah, and the full titulature of Sharaf al-Dawla Abu al-Fawaris Adud al-Dawla. The flan is irregular and the strike is slightly off-center, consistent with hand-hammered Buyid provincial coinage of the late 4th century AH. |
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Sharaf al-Dawla's reign lasted only from 983 to 989, cut short by his death at roughly thirty years old — a brevity that makes issues from his tenure genuinely scarce across all mints. Suq al-Ahwaz, situated on the Karun River in Khuzestan, was a commercially active entrepôt whose mint output reflected trade rather than political ceremony.
The Buyid amirate operated under Abbasid nominal suzerainty while exercising real power, a tension visible in the coinage itself — the caliph's name retained by administrative convention, Buyid authority asserted beneath it.