⅙ Dirham - Husayn b. Salama Sabiyya

The Ziyadids ruled Zabid in the Tihama coastal plain of Yemen as nominal clients of the Abbasid caliphate, though by the late tenth century that relationship was largely ceremonial. Husayn b. Salama held real power in the dynasty for decades, governing through the reigns of multiple titular Ziyadid figureheads. His name appearing on the coinage reflects that administrative reality — the actual authority was his, whatever the dynastic fiction required.

Fractional silver of this type and weight from Yemeni successor states is poorly documented in major collections, making die linkage studies across surviving specimens nearly impossible.