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Amiri Dinar - al-Qahir
| Issuer | Abbasid Caliphate |
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| Year | 929-934 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Central field contains multiple horizontal lines of Arabic religious and titular inscriptions arranged within a plain inner circle, surrounded by a beaded border enclosing a marginal circular legend in Arabic script. The calligraphy is executed in the Kufic style characteristic of Abbasid gold coinage of this period. The inscriptions proclaim the Islamic profession of faith and the name and titles of Caliph al-Qahir. The overall design follows the aniconic tradition of Islamic coinage, with no figural imagery, relying entirely on epigraphy for its composition. |
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| Mintage | ND (929-934) - 317-322 AH |
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Al-Qahir came to power in 932 after his brother al-Muqtadir was killed by troops of the Hajib Ibn Yalbaq — then was himself blinded and deposed two years later by the same military factions that had installed him. His reign was one of the most violently unstable interludes in late Abbasid history, a period when the caliphs had effectively become instruments of Turkish and Daylamite commanders rather than independent rulers.
The reduced weight of this dinar — well below the classical Abbasid mithqal standard of 4.25 g — reflects deliberate debasement in fractional gold coinage as the Baghdad treasury came under increasing strain from factional military payrolls.