Coins from the Abbasid Caliphate

Islamic state (in Arabic, ad-dawlah al-islamīyah) is a kind of government (monarchy, republic or democracy) based on Islamic religious law. The Caliphate is a form of monarchic government headed by the Caliph (in Arabic, khalīfa) who is the regent, acting as successor of Muhammad. Second in command after the Caliph, with political and military roles, is the Emir (in Arabic, amīr) literally a "commander". Another sovereign title used by numerous Arab and non-Arab dynasties is the Sultan (in Arabic, sulṭān, "strength", "authority") supreme head of Sunni Islam and ruler in the Ottoman Empire. Arab Bedouin, led by the Prophet Muhammad, starting from 7th century with the Islamic expansion, conquered a huge territory, divulgating or converting different peoples, and continued until the 18th century thanks to the Ottoman and Mughal Empires. After Muhammad's death, the first Caliphate was established. During this first Caliphate, called the Rashidun Caliphate (in Arabic, Khilāfat al-Rāshidūn "Caliphate of the Orthodox") that spanned from 632 to 661, the Umma was governed by the four chosen Caliphs: Abū Bakr, marUmar ibn al-Khattāb, ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān and ʿAlī b. Abi Tālib. The "Orthodox" Caliphate was replaced by the Umayyad Caliphate (661-750) which was governed by the Umayyad dynasty (in Arabic, al-'Umawiyyūn or Banū'Umayya "Sons of Umayya"), coming from Mecca. After toppling the Umayyad Caliphate in the Abbasid revolution, the Abbasid Caliphate (in Arabic, ʿAbbāsiyyūn) was established and lasted from 750 to 1258. The culmination of the Abbasid power was under Hārūn al-Rashīd. His life and fabulous court have been the subject of many anecdotes; the famous tale "One Thousand and One Nights" contains many stories inspired by the myth of his magnificent court. The Fatimid Caliphate (in Arabic, Fāṭimiyyūn) constituted, between 909 and 1171, the most important Ismaili Shiite dynasty in the whole history of Islam and owes its name to the descent from Fātima bt. Muhammad, daughter of the prophet Muhammad. In the mid-11th century, the Seljuks won over the Fatimids in Syria and the loss of Palestine followed, after the Crusades and Saladin's victory in Egypt, marking the end of the Arab empire and the beginning of the new Ayyubid dynasty. After the destruction of the Abbasid Empire by the Mughal Dynasty, the Ottoman Empire came to power. In 1453, it conquered Constantinople, renamed it Istanbul and made it the capital of the empire. Today there are about 1.1 billion Muslims and, not only being Arab, Islam is represented in many major cultures in over 60 countries.
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Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate

Dirhemi
ND

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.9 g • ⌀ 26 mm
N# 386255
Fals - Anonymous
ND

Copper
N# 404084

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate • Drachm (750-948)

½ Drachm - Khalid b. Barmak (Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (734-771)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.92 g • ⌀ 24 mm
Val Sn# 5, N# 70077
½ Drachm - 'Umar b. al-'Ala (Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (737-782)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.835) • 1.92 g • ⌀ 24 mm
Val Sn# 78, BMC Walk 1# 271, N# 78512
½ Drachm - Sa'id b. Da'laj (Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (742-780)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.78 g
Val Sn# 7, N# 80506

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate • Dinar (750-1517)

60 Fals / Mangir = 1 Dinar = 1 Ashrafi - 1 Dirham / Jital = ⁷⁄₁₀ Dinar

Fals - Anonymous (Balkh)
206 (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.29 g
A# 319, N# 82249
Fals - Anonymous (al-Basra)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper
N# 86053
Fals - Anonymous (al-Masisa)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.67 g
N# 82318
Fals - Anonymous (al-Mawsil)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 6.23 g
N# 82319
Fals - Anonymous (al-Rafiqa)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 5.70 g
N# 82296
Fals - Anonymous (al-Ramla)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.60 g
N# 82298
Fals - Anonymous (al-Rayy)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 5.66 g
N# 82300
Fals - Anonymous (al-Shash)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.20 g
N# 82306
Fals - Anonymous (Bukhara)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.92 g
N# 82213
Fals - Anonymous (Dimashq)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.80 g
N# 73110
Fals - Anonymous (Dimashq)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 3.9 g • ⌀ 15 mm
N# 157306
Fals - Anonymous (Fars)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.41 g
N# 82313
Fals - Anonymous (Ghazza)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 3.22 g
N# 82312
Fals - Anonymous (Halab)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 5.07 g
N# 82288
Fals - Anonymous (Istakhr)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.92 g
N# 82105
Fals - Anonymous (Jīroft)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.95 g
N# 82287
Fals - Anonymous (Jubayl)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.5 g
N# 82251
Fals - Anonymous (Jurjan)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.61 g
N# 82252
Available for swap Fals - Anonymous (Kafr Tûthâ)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 3.08 g
N# 82255
Fals - Anonymous (Khazanat Halab)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 3.50 g • ⌀ 20 mm
N# 82310
Fals - Anonymous (Kurat al-Mahdiya min Fars)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.41 g
N# 82256
Fals - Anonymous (Misr)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 8.06 g
N# 82317
Fals - Anonymous (Nihavand)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.15 g
N# 82320
Fals - Anonymous (Ramhurmuz)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 4.51 g
N# 82297
Fals - Anonymous (Sabur)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.76 g
N# 82302
Fals - Anonymous (Samarqand)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.30 g
N# 82305
Fals - Anonymous (Shiraz)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2 g
N# 82307
Fals - Anonymous (Sijistan)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper
N# 82303
Fals - Anonymous (Sijistan)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 6.48 g
N# 82304
Fals - Anonymous (Sur)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.09 g
N# 82309
Fals - Anonymous (Tawwaj)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.25 g
N# 82250
Fals - Anonymous (Trablus)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.18 g
N# 82311
Fals - Anonymous (Zaranj)
ND (750-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 3.03 g
N# 82301
Dirham - al-Saffah
ND (750-754)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.78 g
N# 80898
Dinar - al-Saffah
ND (750-754)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.23 g
N# 77242

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate • Drachm (750-948)

Drachm - Bakkar (Eastern Sistan - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (750-770)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.98 g • ⌀ 32.8 mm
N# 80519
Drachm - Halil (Eastern Sistan - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (750-770)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3 g
N# 80523
Drachm - Jannah (Eastern Sistan - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (750-770)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.76 g
N# 80522
Drachm - Misma' (Eastern Sistan - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (750-770)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.25 g
N# 80527
Drachm - Mujashi' (Eastern Sistan - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (750-770)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.87 g
N# 80524
Drachm - Murad (Eastern Sistan - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (750-770)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.34 g
N# 80525

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate • Dinar (750-1517)

60 Fals / Mangir = 1 Dinar = 1 Ashrafi - 1 Dirham / Jital = ⁷⁄₁₀ Dinar

Fals - Ismail bin Ali (Abbasid Governors)
ND (751-759)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.54 g
A# 338, N# 361737

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate • Drachm (750-948)

½ Drachm - Jarir (Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (752-788)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.81 g • ⌀ 22 mm
Val Sn# 9, N# 80495

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate • Dinar (750-1517)

60 Fals / Mangir = 1 Dinar = 1 Ashrafi - 1 Dirham / Jital = ⁷⁄₁₀ Dinar

Dirham - al-Saffah (al-Basra)
136 (754)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.87 g • ⌀ 30 mm
N# 179112
Fals - temp. al-Mansur (Jabal al-Fidda)
155 (754-775)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.60 g • ⌀ 19 mm
A# A326, N# 376774
Available for swap Dirham - al-Mansur
ND (754-775)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.88 g
N# 81284
Dirham - al-Mansur (Madinat al-Salam)
ND (754-775)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.67 g • ⌀ 25 mm
N# 160442
Dinar - al-Mansur
ND (754-775)

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.900) • 4.25 g • ⌀ 19 mm
N# 70967

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate • Drachm (750-948)

Drachm - Sulayman (Eastern Sistan - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (755-760)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.17 g
N# 80520
½ Drachm - Sulayman (Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan - Arab-Sasanian)
137 (755-789)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2 g • ⌀ 23 mm
Val Sn# 11, A# 65, N# 45961
½ Drachm - Hani (Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (756-793)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.06 g • ⌀ 22 mm
Val Sn# 79, N# 62845
½ Drachm - Muqatil (Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan - Arab-Sasanian)
139-181 (757-800)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.72 g • ⌀ 23 mm
Val Sn# 80, N# 70134
Available for swap Drachm - Caliph al-Mahdi - Sogdiana "Transoxiana" (imitation of Drachm of Varharan V - Arab-Bukharan)
ND (758-785)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.98 g • ⌀ 29 mm
A# 94, BMC Walk 1# 312-319, N# 80509

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate • Dinar (750-1517)

60 Fals / Mangir = 1 Dinar = 1 Ashrafi - 1 Dirham / Jital = ⁷⁄₁₀ Dinar

Fals - Marwân ibn Bashîr (Hims)
ND (760)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 4.3 g • ⌀ 19 mm
BMC Walk 2# 806, N# 389471
Dirham - al-Mansur (al-Muhammadiya)
143 (761)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.71 g • ⌀ 25 mm
N# 150131

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate • Drachm (750-948)

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate • Dinar (750-1517)

60 Fals / Mangir = 1 Dinar = 1 Ashrafi - 1 Dirham / Jital = ⁷⁄₁₀ Dinar

Available for swap Fals - temp. al-Mansur (Balkh)
149 (767)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.2 g • ⌀ 21 mm
N# 143515
Dirham - al-Mansur (Madinat al-Salam)
154-155 (771-772)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.83 g • ⌀ 25 mm
N# 295445
Fals - time of Abu Ja'far Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Mansur - Matar (Maser)
ND (773-776)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 8.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
N# 354458
Fals - Al-Mahdi (Sabur)
ND (775-785)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.82 g • ⌀ 17.85 mm
N# 392692
Fals - temp. al-Mahdi (al-kufa)
ND (775-785)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.60 g • ⌀ 19 mm
N# 104310
Dirham - Al-Mahdi, citing Bin Khazim
168 (775-785)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.87 g • ⌀ 28 mm
A# 215.1, N# 394760
Dirham - al-Mahdi (citing Nusayr)
158-169 (775-785)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.67 g • ⌀ 22.7 mm
Lowick# 955, N# 382943
Available for swap Dirham - al-Mahdi
ND (775-785)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.9 g • ⌀ 23 mm
N# 40641
Dirham - al-Mahdi (Madinat al-Salam)
159-164 (775-785)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.86 g • ⌀ 24 mm
N# 89546
Dinar - al-Mahdi (no mintname)
ND (775-785)

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.900) • 4.21 g
N# 81285
Dirham - al-Mahdi
159-168 (776-785)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3 g • ⌀ 23 mm
N# 74677
Dirham - al-Mahdi (al-Muhammadiya)
161 (778)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.89 g • ⌀ 25 mm
N# 333714

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate • Drachm (750-948)

Pashiz / Fals - Shurayk (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (779-780)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 0.80 g
N# 80529
Pashiz / Fals - Daray (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (780-781)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 0.82 g
N# 80530
½ Drachm - Anonymous - 'AFZWT' type (Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (780-793)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.99 g • ⌀ 24 mm
Album# 73, N# 111428

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate • Dinar (750-1517)

60 Fals / Mangir = 1 Dinar = 1 Ashrafi - 1 Dirham / Jital = ⁷⁄₁₀ Dinar

Fals - al Mahdi (Ramhurmuz)
165 (782)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.43 g • ⌀ 21 mm
N# 304881
Dirham - al-Mahdi (citing Harun al Rashid)
165-169 (782-785)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3 g • ⌀ 24 mm
A# 215.3, Lowick# 294, N# 373797

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate • Drachm (750-948)

Drachm - al-Fadl b. Sulayman (Arab-Khwarezm)
ND (782-789)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.15 g
N# 80510

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate • Dinar (750-1517)

60 Fals / Mangir = 1 Dinar = 1 Ashrafi - 1 Dirham / Jital = ⁷⁄₁₀ Dinar

Fals - Anonymous (al-kufa)
167-169 (784-786)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.12 g • ⌀ 18 mm
A# 306, N# 153391
Dirham - al-Rashid (al-'Abbasiya)
167-176 (784-793)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.5 g • ⌀ 25.3 mm
A# 219.2, N# 236694
Dirham - al-Mahdi (Muhammadiya)
168 (785)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.90 g • ⌀ 25 mm
N# 301935

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate • Drachm (750-948)

½ Drachm - Nusayr (Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan - Arab-Sasanian)
168 (785)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.5 g • ⌀ 23 mm
N# 80493

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate • Dinar (750-1517)

60 Fals / Mangir = 1 Dinar = 1 Ashrafi - 1 Dirham / Jital = ⁷⁄₁₀ Dinar

Dirham - al-Hadi
ND (785-786)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.68 g
N# 77207
Dinar - al-Hadi (no mintname)
ND (785-786)

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.900) • 4.24 g
N# 81287
Available for swap Dirham - al-Rashid
ND (786-809)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.9 g • ⌀ 23.6 mm
Mitch WI# 135, N# 52524
Dinar - temp. al-Rashid (Anonymous type)
170-193 (786-809)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.07 g
A# 218, N# 159937
Dinar - al-Rashid (Harun, Commander of the faithful)
170-171 (786-809)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.01 g • ⌀ 19 mm
A# 218.1, N# 160072
Dinar - al-Rashid (JA'FAR in the field - Barmakid dynasty)
170-184 (786-809)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.26 g • ⌀ 19 mm
A# 218.11, N# 159907
Dinar - al-Rashid ('UMAR in the field - no mintname)
172-186 (786-809)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.21 g
N# 81288
Dinar - al-Rashid (Double Marginal Inscription - Experimental Issue)
170 (786-809)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 3.98 g • ⌀ 20 mm
N# 81289

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate • Drachm (750-948)

½ Drachm - Mihran (Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan - Arab-Sasanian)
170 (787)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.53 g • ⌀ 21 mm
N# 80494

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate • Dinar (750-1517)

60 Fals / Mangir = 1 Dinar = 1 Ashrafi - 1 Dirham / Jital = ⁷⁄₁₀ Dinar

Dinar - Harun al-Rashid (MUSA bin 'Isa)
170-178 (787-795)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 3.89 g • ⌀ 18.5 mm
A# 218.7, N# 282628

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate • Drachm (750-948)

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate • Dinar (750-1517)

60 Fals / Mangir = 1 Dinar = 1 Ashrafi - 1 Dirham / Jital = ⁷⁄₁₀ Dinar

Dirham - al-Rashid
175-183 (791-799)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.89 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Mitch WI# 185, BMC Or# 199, N# 394763
Fals - temp. al-Rashid (Sabur)
178 (795)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 4.44 g • ⌀ 22 mm
A# J327, N# 264594

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