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Fractional Dinar - Khalaf ibn Ahmad Sijistan
| Issuer | Saffarid dynasty |
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| Year | 972-979 |
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| Currency | Dinar (861-1222) |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a four-line Kufic Arabic inscription enclosed within a linear circle, citing the Abbasid caliph al-Muti' lillah and the Saffarid ruler Khalaf ibn Ahmad. A surrounding circular marginal legend in Arabic Kufic script frames the central inscription. The overall design follows standard Saffarid numismatic convention for the period, with a hammered, irregularly shaped flan and sharply defined epigraphic elements. |
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| Reverse lettering | المطيع لله خلف بن أحمد |
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Khalaf ibn Ahmad ruled the Saffarid rump state in Sistan as a semi-autonomous vassal caught between Samanid and later Buyid pressure. His fractional gold issues are among the thinnest surviving threads of Saffarid monetary output — the dynasty by this point controlled little beyond Zaranj and its immediate hinterland. Album 1417 is sparsely represented in major collections, and examples attributable to Khalaf's earlier regnal years are considerably harder to place than his later, better-documented strikes.