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Fractional Dinar - 'Ala al-din Muhammad III
| Issuer | Alamut State |
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| Year | 1221-1255 |
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| Weight | 1.54 g |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Muhammad III ruled the Nizari Ismaili state from his mountain fortress at Alamut for over three decades, a reign marked by political isolation and intermittent conflict with the Abbasid caliphate. Gold fractional issues from this period are exceptionally scarce — the Alamut economy was heavily siege-adapted, and large-scale coin production was never a priority for a state perpetually preparing for or recovering from military pressure.
The Mongol destruction of Alamut in 1256 under Hulagu Khan effectively ended Nizari coinage entirely, making any survivor from Muhammad III's reign a terminal specimen of a discontinued tradition.