Coins from the Islamic states

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 › North Africa and Sicily › Banu Ifran dynasty • Dinar (628/632-1598)

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

1 Dirham - Yaddu ibn Ya'lâ
ND (958-993)

Standard circulation coin
Silver
A# 457N, N# 385361

Islamic states › North Africa and Sicily › Fès, Emirate of • Dinar (628/632-1598)

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

1 Dirham - Mu'izz ibn Ziri (In the name of Muhammad al-Mahdi, 399-400 AH)
ND (1009-1010)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.45 g • ⌀ 23 mm
N# 385112
1 Dirham - Hamama ibn al Muiz ibn Atiya (In the name of Hammudid Yahya ibn Ali)
ND (1031-1048)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.09 g • ⌀ 22 mm
N# 385113
1 Dirham - Dunas ibn Hamama
ND (1048-1060)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.18 g • ⌀ 25 mm
N# 385115
1 Dirham - Mu'ansar ibn al-Mu`izz (In the name of Hammudid Yahya ibn Ali, 412-427 AH)
ND (1060-1065)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.93 g • ⌀ 22 mm
N# 385114

Islamic states › North Africa and Sicily › Hafsid dynasty • Dinar (1229-1574)

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

Dinar - Abu Zakariya' Yahya I
ND (1229-1249)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.70 g • ⌀ 29 mm
N# 75933
⅛ Dinar - Abu' Abd Allah Muhammad I
ND (1249-1277)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 0.50 g
N# 85848
½ Dinar - Abu' Abd Allah Muhammad I
ND (1249-1277)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 2.36 g
N# 85849
Dinar - Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad I (Bijaya)
ND (1249-1277)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.65 g
A# 501, N# 153627
½ Dinar - Abu Zakariya' Yahya II "Yahya II al-Watiq"
675-677 (1277-1279)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 2.35 g
N# 86224
Dinar - Abu Ishaq Ibrahim I
ND (1279-1283)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.68 g
N# 86226
Dinar - Abu Hafs 'Umar I
ND (1284-1295)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.74 g
N# 86227
½ Dinar - Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad II
ND (1295-1309)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 2.37 g
A# 506A, N# 153628
½ dirham - Anonyme
ND (1300-1400)

Standard circulation coin
0.33 g • 12 × 11 mm
N# 393843
Dinar - Abu Yahya Abu Bakr II
ND (1310-1346)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.02 g
N# 86228
1 Dinar - Abu Yahya Zakariya'
ND (1311-1317)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.74 g
A# B207, N# 382797
½ Dinar - Abu Hafs 'Umar II
ND (1346-1347)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 2.35 g
A# 508L, N# 382798
1 Dinar - Abu’l-‘Abbas al Fadl (Fas)
ND (1347-1350)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.44 g
A# B509, N# 382799
Dinar - Abu Ishaq Ibrahim II
ND (1350-1369)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.72 g
N# 86229
1 Dinar - Abu’l ‘Abbas Ahmad II
ND (1379-1394)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.64 g
N# 382800
1 Dinar - Abu Faris 'Abd al-'Aziz II (Tarabulus)
ND (1394-1434)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.71 g
A# 511, N# 382802
⅛ Dinar - Abu’l Hassan ‘Ali
ND (1435-1452)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 0.61 g • ⌀ 12 mm
A# 511, N# 382803
½ Dinar - Abu 'Amr 'Uthman
ND (1435-1488)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 2.35 g
N# 86232
Dinar - Abu 'Amr 'Uthman
ND (1435-1488)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.39 g
N# 86230
1 Dinar - Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad V
ND (1526-1543)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.57 g • ⌀ 24 mm
A# 513H, N# 382804
1 Dirham - Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad III (Tunis)
ND (1543-1569)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.20 g
A# B514, N# 382805

Islamic states › North Africa and Sicily › Idrisid dynasty › Basra, City of • Dinar (628/632-1598)

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

1 Dirham - al-Qāsim b. Idrīs (al-Basra)
250 (864)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.87 g
A# 427, N# 383067
1 Dirham - Ibrahim b. al-Qasim (al-Basra)
ND (880-893)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.52 g
A# 427E, N# 383066

Islamic states › North Africa and Sicily › Idrisid dynasty • Dinar (788-974)

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

Fals - Rashid b. Qadim (Walila)
ND (789-806)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 3.02 g
A# 422R, N# 153626
Dirham - Idris I
174 (790)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.67 g
N# 84998
Fals - Idris II
ND (791-828)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.71 g
N# 85686
Dirham - Idris II (Wazzan)
ND (791-828)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.22 g • ⌀ 22 mm
El# 298a, N# 76503
Dirham - Idris II (Walilli)
176-209 (791-828)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.46 g • ⌀ 26 mm
Eus Idris# 391; 402, N# 76501
Dirham - Idris II (Asilah)
ND (791-828)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.70 g • ⌀ 24 mm
N# 182284
Dirham- Idris II (Fes)
207-208 (822-823)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2 g • ⌀ 20 mm
N# 376920
Dirham - Muhammad b. Idris
ND (826-836)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.05 g
N# 84999
Dirham - 'Ali b. Muhammad
ND (836-848)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.93 g
N# 85000
Fals - Yahya Ib. Muhammad
ND (848-864)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.24 g • ⌀ 19 mm
N# 76502
Dirham - Yahya Ib. Muhammad
ND (848-864)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.46 g • ⌀ 14 mm
N# 76508

Islamic states › North Africa and Sicily › Idrisid dynasty • Dinar (628/632-1598)

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

1 Dirham - Yahya II ibn Yahya (al-'Aliya)
250 (864)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.68 g • ⌀ 22 mm
N# 383073
½ Dirham - Yahya III Ibn Al-Qassim
290 (903)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.81 g
N# 383075

Islamic states › North Africa and Sicily › Idrisid dynasty • Dinar (788-974)

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

Dirham - Al Qasim Guennoun (Fatimid Overlord)
ND (937-948)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.83 g • ⌀ 26 mm
N# 76509

Islamic states › North Africa and Sicily › Idrisid dynasty › Kharijite dynasty • Dinar (656-909)

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

Dirham - Khalaf b. al-Muda'
ND (791-792)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.55 g
N# 85001

Islamic states › North Africa and Sicily › Idrisid dynasty › Kharijite dynasty • Dinar (628/632-1598)

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

1 Dirham - Zufar (Ziz)
ND (791-795)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.52 g
A# A433, N# 383077
1 Dirham - Zufar (Tudgha)
178-179 (794-795)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.82 g
A# A433, N# 383076
1 Dirham - Ibrahim (Tudgha)
179 (795)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.54 g • ⌀ 26 mm
A# C433, N# 383079
1 Dirham - Isma'il (Tudgha)
179 (795)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.37 g • ⌀ 24 mm
A# F433, N# 383080
1 Dirham - Warith (Tudgha)
181 (797)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.26 g • ⌀ 25 mm
A# E433, N# 383078
1 Dirham - Qays b. Yūsuf
ND (797-801)

Standard circulation coin
Silver
A# D433, N# 383081
1 Dirham - Zaynab (Tudgha)
ND (816)

Standard circulation coin
Silver
A# B433, N# 383082

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