Qanhari Dirham 'Damma' - Suleyman ibn Salim

Suleyman ibn Salim governed Sind as deputy to the Umayyad governor of Iraq during a turbulent transition period — his brief tenure coinciding with the final convulsions of Umayyad authority before the Abbasid revolution of 750 swept the dynasty from power entirely. These fractional silver pieces, struck at Qandahar in the far eastern reaches of Umayyad administration, represent the outermost edge of that empire's monetary reach. At 0.35g, the damma was a native Sindhi denomination adopted rather than imposed by Arab administrators.