Coins from Al-Andalus and Ceuta

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 › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Granada, Taifa of • Dinar (973-1148)

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

Dirham - Badis b. Habbus (Zirid of Granada)
ND (1038-1073)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.92 g
N# 84001

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Granada, Taifa of • Unspecified currency

Dirham - Badis al-Muzafar
ND (1019-1038)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 8.08 g
N# 212190

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Majorca, Taifa of • Dinar (1018-1203)

AV Dinar (1) - AR Dirham (⁷⁄₁₀) - AE Fals (¹⁄₆₀)

Dirham - 'Abd Allah al-Murtada (Aglabid dynasty - 1076-1126)
ND (1076-1093)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.22 g
N# 83972
Dirham - Nasir al-dawla Mubashir (Aglabid dynasty - 1076-1126)
ND (1093-1114)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.21 g
N# 82214

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Málaga, Taifa of • Dinar (1008-1052)

AV Dinar (1) - AR Dirham (⁷⁄₁₀) - AE Fals (¹⁄₆₀)

Dirham - al-Mahdi Muhammad I
ND (1047-1055)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 3.35 g
N# 83964
Dirham - al-Mahdi Muhammad I
ND (1047-1055)

Standard circulation coin
Billon
N# 356497
Dinar - al-Mu'tali Yahya
423-426 (1032-1035)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.35 g
N# 83965

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Málaga, Taifa of • Dinar (628/632-1598)

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

1 Dirham - Idris I al-Muta'ayyad ibn Ali (Ceuta)
428 (1037)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.59 g • ⌀ 24 mm
Vives arab# 428, N# 384968
1 Dirham - Al-Hasan al-Mustansir ibn Yahya
430 (1039)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.94 g
Vives# 825, N# 384964
1 Dinar - Tamim ibn Buluggin al-Mustansir
477 (1084)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 3.85 g
N# 384966

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Málaga, Taifa of • Unspecified currency

Dirham - al-Mu'tali Yahya (Madinat Sabta - Ceuta)
417-425 (1026-1034)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.76 g
N# 212208
Dirham - Idris Il al-Ali
ND (1042-1047)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.73 g
N# 212205

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Segura, City of • Dinar (628/632-1598)

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

1 Dirham - Mudjahid II Siradj al-Dawla
ND (1075-1076)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.30 g • ⌀ 23 mm
N# 384866

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Seville, Taifa of • Dinar (1023-1091)

AV Dinar (1) - AR Dirham (⁷⁄₁₀) - AE Fals (¹⁄₆₀)

Fals - al-Mu'tadid 'Abbad ibn Muhammad
ND (1042-1069)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.9 g • 18 mm
N# 338685
Dirham - al-Mu'tadid 'Abbad ibn Muhammad (Abbadid dynasty - 1023-1095 AD)
ND (1042-1069)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.34 g • ⌀ 23 mm
N# 83967
1 Dinar - Al-Mutamid Muhammad ibn Abbad
462 (1070)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 3.87 g
Vives# 936, N# 384859
Fractional Dirham - Al-Qadi Muhammad Ibn Abbad (Abbadid dynasty)
ND (1023-1042)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.63 g • ⌀ 12.6 mm
N# 288132

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Toledo, Taifa of • Dinar (628/632-1598)

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

1 Dirham - Alfonso VI
479 (1086)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.08 g
Vives# 1132, N# 384763

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Toledo, Taifa of • Unspecified currency

Fractional Dirham - Al-Qadir Yahya II
ND (1075-1085)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.65 g • ⌀ 12 mm
N# 326578
Fractional Dinar - al-Zahir Isma'il
ND (1032-1044)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 0.48 g
N# 82215
Fractional Dinar - Yahya al-Mamun
ND (1043-1075)

Standard circulation coin
Electrum • 1.10 g
N# 212201
Fractional Dinar - Sharaf al-dawla Yahya I
ND (1044-1075)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 0.78 g
N# 82314

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Tortosa, Taifa of • Dinar (628/632-1598)

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

1 Dirham - Ya'la Saif al-Mila
448 (1056)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.64 g • ⌀ 22 mm
Vives# 1291, N# 384770

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Tortosa, Taifa of • Unspecified currency

Dirham - Muqatil
ND (1039-1054)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.97 g
N# 82103
Fractional Dirham - Nabil al-Kalifa
ND (1057-1060)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.86 g
N# 212192

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Tudela, Taifa of • Dinar (628/632-1598)

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

Dirham - al-Zahir Mundhir
ND (1046-1050)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 2.56 g
A# H394, N# 385110

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Uncertain Iberian taifa • Dinar (628/632-1598)

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

1 Dinar - Al-Hadjib Khalid
ND (1043-1049)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 3.03 g • ⌀ 23 mm
N# 384868

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Valencia, Taifa of • Dinar (1010-1238)

AV Dinar (1) - AR Dirham (⁷⁄₁₀) - AE Fals (¹⁄₆₀)

1 Dirham - Abd Al-Malik al-Muzaffar
456 (1064)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.69 g
Vives# 1077, N# 384765
1 Dirham - Al-Ma'mun
459 (1067)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 4.72 g
Vives# 1105, N# 384768
1 Dirham - Yahya II al-Qadir
470 (1077)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 4.53 g
Vives# 1118, N# 384769
Fractional Dinar - 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Mansur (Amirid dynasty)
ND (1021-1061)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 0.40 g
N# 84073
Fractional Dinar - 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Mansur
ND (1056-1060)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 1.64 g
A# 375.5, Vives arab# 1072, N# 154005

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Zaragoza, Taifa of › Calatayud, Taifa of • Dinar (628/632-1598)

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

1 Dirham - Muhammad ibn Suleiman
ND (1046-1055)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.36 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Vives# 1254, N# 384865

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Zaragoza, Taifa of › Lérida, Taifa of • Unspecified currency

Dirham - Yusuf al-Mudafar
444 (1053)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.56 g
N# 212207

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Zaragoza, Taifa of • Dinar (1008-1052)

AV Dinar (1) - AR Dirham (⁷⁄₁₀) - AE Fals (¹⁄₆₀)

Dirham - 'Imad al-dawla Ahmad I (Hudid of Zaragoza)
ND (1050-1083)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.29 g
N# 82080

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Zaragoza, Taifa of • Dinar (628/632-1598)

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

Fractional Dirham - Mu'izz al-Dawla Mundir II
ND (1029-1038)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.02 g
N# 384860
1 Dirham - Al-Musta'in I Abu Ayyub Sulayman ibn Hud
436 (1044)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.81 g • ⌀ 24 mm
Vives# 1150, N# 384863
1 Dirham - Suleiman Tadj al-Daula
440 (1048)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.49 g
Vives# 1162, N# 384864
1 Dirham - Al-Musta'in II Ahmad ibn Yusuf
ND (1083-1109)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 5.96 g
Vives# 1220, N# 384862

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Zaragoza, Taifa of • Unspecified currency

Dirham - Ahmed I al-Moqtadir
ND (1046-1081)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 5.25 g
N# 212197

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