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Dirham - Mahmud
| Issuer | Ghaznavid dynasty |
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| Year | 998-1030 |
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| Weight | 2.57 g |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a purely epigraphic design, as was standard for Islamic coinage of the period, with no figurative imagery. The central field displays a five-line Arabic Kufic legend arranged horizontally across the flan, reading the word 'Adl (Justice) at the top, followed by the Shahada (profession of faith): 'There is no god but Allah, He is One, He has no partner,' and concluding with the honorific title of the Abbasid Caliph al-Qadir Billah. The script is rendered in a bold, early Kufic style with pronounced raised lettering typical of Ghaznavid silver coinage. The flan is irregular in shape, a characteristic feature of hammered Islamic dirhams of this era, with the legend occasionally running to the edge. |
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| Obverse lettering | عدل لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له القدير بالله (Translation: Justice / There is no god but Allah, He is One, He has no partner / al-Qadir Billah) |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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