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Dirham - Qutb al-din Muhammad

Issuer Sinjar, Emirate of
Year 1197-1219
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse script Arabic
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Reverse description Central field occupied by a four-line cursive Kufic inscription recording the names and titles of the Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir li-Din Allah and the Zengid ruler Qutb al-Din Muhammad ibn Zangi, affirming both suzerain and local authority in conformity with standard Islamic numismatic convention. Below the inscription appears the distinctive Zengid dynastic tamga, rendered as a stylized fulmen (thunderbolt) symbol serving as a dynastic emblem. The overall layout is characteristic of the Zengid reformed dirham type of northern Mesopotamia.
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Mintage ND (1197-1219)
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