Tulunids - Harun ibn Khumarawayh, Gold Dinar, Misr AH 285 (AD 898/9)
Tulunids - Harun ibn Khumarawayh, Gold Dinar, Misr AH 285 (AD 898/9)
Struck at the Egyptian mint of Misr, this dinar was issued under the Tulunid ruler Harun ibn Khumarawayh (AH 283–292 / AD 896–905) while naming the reigning 'Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tadid billah, as convention required. The Tulunids were the first largely independent dynasty to govern Egypt in the Islamic period, and their gold coinage reflects both this autonomy and their nominal deference to Baghdad. Harun came to power young and reigned during the twilight of Tulunid rule, before Egypt was reabsorbed into direct 'Abbasid control in 905. Purely epigraphic in the classical manner, the coin carries the Islamic profession of faith together with the mint, date and caliphal titles, its fields framed by Qur'anic marginal legends.
Album 667.1. 4.21 g. VF.
Details
Details
Obverse:
'lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him' in Arabic); in the inner margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Misr sana khams wa thamānīn wa miʾatayn' ('In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Egypt in the year 285' in Arabic); in the outer margin, a verse from the Qurʾān.
Reverse:
'li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / al-Muʿtaḍid billāh/Harun bin Khumarawayh' ('To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Muʿtadid billah, Harun ibn Khumarawayh' in Arabic); in the margin, a verse from the Qurʾān.
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