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Dinar - 'Ala al-din Muhammad III
| Issuer | Alamut State |
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| Year | 1221-1255 |
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| Weight | 5 g |
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| Obverse description | Hammered gold dinar with an irregular flan, the central field bearing a multi-line Arabic Kufic-style inscription arranged in horizontal registers reading the Shahada and the Shia affirmation of 'Ali as the chosen one of God. The field inscription occupies the majority of the coin's surface and reads: 'la ilah illa allah / muhammad rasul allah / 'ali wali allah'. A marginal legend encircles the field, containing a Quranic verse (Quran 9:33) referencing divine guidance and the supremacy of the true religion. The script is angular and densely packed, characteristic of Nizari Ismaili coinage of the Alamut period. |
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| Obverse lettering | Field: la ilah illa allah / muhammad rasul allah / 'ali wali allah Margin: (arsalahu bi'l-huda) wa din al-haqq li-yuzhirahu 'ala al-din (kullihi wa law kariha al-mushrikun) (Translation: Field: no god but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God, 'Ali is the chosen one of God Margin: Who sent him with guidance and the religion of truth that he might make it supreme over all other religions even though the polytheists may detest it) |
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| Reverse lettering | Field: al-sultan al-a / 'zam / 'ala al-dunya / wa'l-din muhammad ibn / al-hasan Margin: a'l-dinar bi-kursi al-daylam fi (sana khamsin wa sittmi'a) (Translation: Field: the Supreme Sultan Exalted of the World and the Faith, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan Margin: this dinar was struck in Kursi al-Daylam in (the year fifty and six hundred)) |
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