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16 Khumsi - Gẖālib
| Issuer | Kathiri Sultanate |
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| Year | 1854 |
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| Value | 16 Khumsi (1/8) |
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| Obverse lettering | ١٢٨ ضرب ١٢٧٠ سنة (Translation: 128 Struck 1270 Year) |
| Reverse description | Central field displays the large Arabic numeral ١٦ (16), denoting the denomination, set within a plain raised circle. This central medallion is surrounded by a finely detailed wreath of olive or laurel branches extending from a decorative floral knot tied at the base, framed by an outer beaded border running along the coin's periphery. |
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The Kathiri Sultanate of Hadhramaut operated in a state of near-constant conflict with the Qu'aiti during the mid-nineteenth century, and coinage from this period reflects the fragmented authority over the Hadhramaut valley rather than any consolidated fiscal administration. Ghalib ibn Muhsin al-Kathiri, whose name this issue bears, ruled during one of the more contested stretches of that rivalry.
The khumsi denomination — literally a fifth — derives from a regional fractional system largely independent of Ottoman or British Indian monetary frameworks, despite Aden's growing influence on coastal trade.