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Dirham - 'Abd al-Rashid
| Issuer | Ghaznavid dynasty |
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| Year | 1048-1051 |
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| Weight | 3.35 g |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | لله / محمد رسول الله / القائم بأمر الله / عبد الرشيد |
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'Abd al-Rashid's reign was among the most turbulent in Ghaznavid history — he was installed by the powerful general Toghril (not the Seljuq ruler of the same name) following the murder of Mawdud, then himself assassinated in 1052 after a coup led by another military strongman, Qiwam al-Dawla. Coins struck in his name survive in small numbers, a predictable result of a reign measured in months of actual stability rather than the three years nominally assigned to it.