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Dirham - Mahmud
| Issuer | Ghaznavid dynasty |
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| Year | 998-1030 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
| Obverse lettering | لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له |
| Reverse description | Central field bears multiple lines of bold Kufic script naming the Abbasid caliph and the Ghaznavid ruler Mahmud, with honorific titles including 'Yamin al-Dawla' and references to the Prophet Muhammad as the messenger of Allah. The name 'Mahmud' appears at the top of the field. The legend is arranged in horizontal registers within a plain inner circle, surrounded by a beaded outer rim. The angular Kufic lettering is deeply struck and typical of early eleventh-century eastern Islamic hammered silver coinage. |
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