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Dirham - al-Amin & al-Ma'mun
| Issuer | Abbasid Caliphate |
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| Year | 810 |
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| Reference(s) | A#221 |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | لله الأمر من قبل ومن بعد ويومئذ يفرح المؤمنون بنصر الله محمد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم المأمون ولي عهد المسلمين محمد رسول الله أرسله بالهدى ودين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون |
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This dirham dates to the civil war between the brothers al-Amin and al-Ma'mun, sons of Harun al-Rashid, whose competing claims to the caliphate fractured the Abbasid state between 809 and 813. Coins naming both men reflect the brief transitional moment before the conflict hardened — al-Rashid had attempted to divide authority between his sons through the Meccan Document of 802, a formal succession arrangement publicly displayed at the Kaaba. That settlement collapsed almost immediately after his death in 809.
Al-Ma'mun's forces eventually besieged Baghdad; al-Amin was killed in 813. Dirhams acknowledging both claimants are chronologically tight issues, minted within a narrow window that closed violently.