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Dinar - Anonymous Emigration to North Africa in the XI century
| Issuer | Banu Hilal dynasty |
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| Year | 900-1100 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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| Mintage | ND (900-1100) |
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The Banu Hilal were not a minting dynasty in any conventional sense. A confederation of Arab tribes originally settled in Upper Egypt, they were effectively redirected westward into the Maghreb by the Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir around 1051 — less an invasion than a deliberate unleashing. The destruction visited on Ifriqiya was severe enough that Ibn Khaldun, writing three centuries later, compared it to a swarm of locusts stripping a civilization bare.
Attributing a gold dinar to this group demands caution. Coinage in their name, if genuine, likely reflects brief sedentary control of a mint town rather than any organized monetary administration.