Fals - al-Salih Isma'il Halab mint

Al-Salih Isma'il inherited the Zengid emirate of Aleppo as a child, his reign managed almost entirely by the regent Gümüshtekin — and later contested by Saladin, who besieged Aleppo repeatedly between 1174 and 1176. The fals coinage of this period is administratively interesting precisely because it was issued in the name of a ruler who exercised almost no personal authority; the mint at Halab continued functioning through sieges and shifting loyalties, supplying the copper small change that markets required regardless of who was actually in control.