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Qirat - Tashfin b. 'Ali with heir Ibrahim
| Issuer | Almoravid dynasty |
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| Year | 1143-1145 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Central field bearing the Shahada (Islamic declaration of faith, the Kalima) inscribed in multiple lines of Kufic Arabic script, with the name of the heir apparent Ibrahim incorporated within the legend. The inscriptions are arranged horizontally across the flan in characteristic Almoravid style, with lines separated by linear dividers. The coin is struck on an irregular, somewhat ragged flan typical of hammered Almoravid small silver coinage of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله إبراهيم |
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Tashfin b. 'Ali ruled the collapsing western Almoravid realm for barely two years before dying — reportedly thrown from his horse during a night flight from Tlemcen in 1145 — leaving his young son Ibrahim to reign for a matter of months before the dynasty's complete dissolution under Almohad pressure. Coins naming both ruler and designated heir were a deliberate assertion of dynastic continuity at precisely the moment continuity was becoming impossible.