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Dirham - Badr b. Khattal Huzu, citing the caliph al-Mustakfi
| Issuer | Julandid dynasty |
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| Year | 946 |
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| Weight | 3.29 g |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a multi-line Arabic inscription in horizontal registers enclosed within a single inner circle, following standard Abbasid dirham typology. The marginal legend in Arabic script runs around the circumference within the outer border, typically containing the mint name, date, and Quranic verse (Quran 9:33). The name of the local ruler Badr b. Khattal Huzu appears in the field or margin as an acknowledgment of regional authority. The flan is irregular and slightly uneven, consistent with hand-hammered production. The epigraphy is crisp in the central area, with some weakness toward the edges typical of this series. |
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Al-Mustakfi's caliphate lasted barely a year. He was blinded and deposed by the Buyid amir Mu'izz al-Dawla in 946 — the very year this dirham was struck — making coins citing his name extraordinarily time-sensitive artifacts of a collapsing Abbasid authority. The Julandids of Oman citing a caliph simultaneously being neutralized in Baghdad is precisely the kind of administrative lag that makes provincial Islamic coinage historically revealing.