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 • Dinar (750-1517)

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

Dinar - al-Mustadi
ND (1170-1180)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 1.45 g
N# 82074
Dinar - al-Nāṣir li-dīn Allāh
609 (1180-1225)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.07 g
A# 268, N# 82075
Dinar - al-Zahir
ND (1225-1226)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 5.47 g
N# 82076
Dinar - al-Mustansir
ND (1226-1242)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.71 g
N# 82077
Dinar - al-Mustansir
ND (1226-1242)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.83 g
N# 82078
Dinar - al-Musta'sim
ND (1242-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 10.67 g
N# 81579
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

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

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.5 g • ⌀ 23 mm
N# 80493
½ Drachm - Mihran (Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan - Arab-Sasanian)
170 (787)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.53 g • ⌀ 21 mm
N# 80494
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
Drachm - Sulayman (Eastern Sistan - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (755-760)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.17 g
N# 80520
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
Drachm - al-Fadl b. Sulayman (Arab-Khwarezm)
ND (782-789)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.15 g
N# 80510
Drachm - al-Fadl b. Sahl (Arab-Khwarezm)
ND (811-819)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.83 g
N# 80511
Drachm - Qudama (Eastern Sistan - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (873-948)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3 g
N# 80521

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate • Dinar (628/632-1598)

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

1 Dirham - al-Mufawwid ila Allah (al-Mawsil)
ND (875-892)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.00 g • ⌀ 27 mm
A# cf. C241, N# 388692

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate • Unspecified currency

Dirhemi
ND

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

Copper
N# 404084

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate › Abbasid rebels › Al-Rayy, City of • Dinar (628/632-1598)

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

1 Fals - Jahwar ibn Marrar al-'ljli
138 (755)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.66 g • ⌀ 23 mm
N# 388698

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate › Abbasid rebels › Alid Rebellion • Dinar (628/632-1598)

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

1 Dirham - Ibrahim b. 'Abd Allah (al-Basra)
145 (762)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.65 g
A# F214, N# 388697

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate › Abbasid rebels › Sogdia Region • Dinar (628/632-1598)

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

1 Fals - Al-Muqanna Hashim ibn Hakim
ND (777-782)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 3.38 g
A# 338Q, N# 388699

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate › Abbasid rebels › Zanj Rebellion • Dinar (628/632-1598)

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

1 Dirham - 'Ali b. Muhammad ('Askar al-Imâm)
258 (872)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.54 g
A# 1432, N# 388696

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

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

Dirham - Abu'l-Saraya al-Shaybani
199 (815)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.91 g
N# 81319

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate › Arminiya, Emirate of • Dinar (628/632-1598)

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

1 Dirham - 'Ubayd Allah
175 (791)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.90 g
A# 219G, N# 388690
1 Dirham - al-Abbas b. Amir al-Mu'minin
219 (834)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.81 g
A# T225, N# 383503

Islamic states › Abbasid Caliphate › Crete, Emirate of • Dinar (628/632-1598)

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

1 Fals - Umar I ibn 'Isa (Citing caliph al-Mutawakkil)
ND (847-855)

Standard circulation coin
Copper
A# T670, N# 388711
1 Fals - Muhammad ibn Shu'ayb
ND (895-910)

Standard circulation coin
Copper
A# 672, N# 388712

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