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 › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Málaga, Taifa of • Hammudid dynasty • Muhammad al-Mahdi ibn Idris (1046-1052)

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

Standard circulation coin
Billon
N# 356497

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Málaga, Taifa of • Zirid dynasty • Tamim ibn Buluggin al-Mustansir (1073-1090)

1 Dinar - Tamim ibn Buluggin al-Mustansir
477 (1084)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 3.85 g
N# 384966

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Segura, City of • Mudjahid II Siradj al-Dawla (1075-1076)

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 • Abbadid dynasty • Al-Qadi Muhammad ibn Abbad (1023-1042)

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 › Seville, Taifa of • Abbadid dynasty • Al-Mutadid Abbad ibn Muhammad (1042-1069)

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

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Seville, Taifa of • Abbadid dynasty • Al-Mutamid Muhammad ibn Abbad (1069-1091)

1 Dinar - Al-Mutamid Muhammad ibn Abbad
462 (1070)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 3.87 g
Vives# 936, N# 384859

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Toledo, Taifa of • Dhulnunid dynasty • Isma'il al-Zafir (1018-1043)

Fractional Dinar - al-Zahir Isma'il
ND (1032-1044)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 0.48 g
N# 82215

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Toledo, Taifa of • Dhulnunid dynasty • Yahya I al-Ma'mun (1043-1075)

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 › Toledo, Taifa of • Dhulnunid dynasty • Yahya II al-Qadir (1075-1080; 1081-1085)

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

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.65 g • ⌀ 12 mm
N# 326578

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Toledo, Taifa of • Alfonso VI (1085)

1 Dirham - Alfonso VI
479 (1086)

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

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Tortosa, Taifa of • Saqaliba • Muqatil Mu'izz al-Dawla (1039-1053)

Dirham - Muqatil
ND (1039-1054)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.97 g
N# 82103

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Tortosa, Taifa of • Saqaliba • Ya'la Saif al-Mila (1053-1058)

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 • Saqaliba • Nabil al-Kalifa (1058-1060)

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 • Hudid dynasty • Al-Zahir Mundhir (1046-1050)

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 • Al-Hadjib Khalid (circa 1043-1049)

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 • Amirid dynasty • Abd al-Aziz al-Mansur (1021-1060)

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 › Valencia, Taifa of • Amirid dynasty • Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar (1060-1065)

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

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.69 g
Vives# 1077, N# 384765

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Valencia, Taifa of • Dhulnunid dynasty • Yahya I al-Ma'mun (1065-1075)

1 Dirham - Al-Ma'mun
459 (1067)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 4.72 g
Vives# 1105, N# 384768

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Valencia, Taifa of • Dhulnunid dynasty • Yahya II al-Qadir (1086-1092)

1 Dirham - Yahya II al-Qadir
470 (1077)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 4.53 g
Vives# 1118, N# 384769

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Zaragoza, Taifa of › Calatayud, Taifa of • Hudid dynasty • Muhammad ibn Suleiman (1046-1055)

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 • Hudid dynasty • Hussan al-Dawla Yusuf al-Muzafar (1047-1077)

Dirham - Yusuf al-Mudafar
444 (1053)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.56 g
N# 212207

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Zaragoza, Taifa of • Tujibid dynasty • Mu'izz al-Dawla Mundir II ibn Yahya (1029-1038)

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

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.02 g
N# 384860

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Zaragoza, Taifa of • Hudid dynasty • Al-Musta'in I Abu Ayyub Sulayman ibn Hud (1038-1047)

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

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Zaragoza, Taifa of • Hudid dynasty • Tadj al-Dawla Sulayman ibn Yusuf (1047-1050)

1 Dirham - Suleiman Tadj al-Daula
440 (1048)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.49 g
Vives# 1162, N# 384864

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Zaragoza, Taifa of • Hudid dynasty • Al-Muqtadir 'Imad al-Dawla Ahmad I ibn Sulayman (1050-1083)

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

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.29 g
N# 82080
Dirham - Ahmed I al-Moqtadir
ND (1046-1081)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 5.25 g
N# 212197

Islamic states › Al-Andalus and Ceuta › Zaragoza, Taifa of • Hudid dynasty • Al-Musta'in II Ahmad ibn Yusuf (1083-1109)

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 › Almohad Caliphate • Abd al-Mu'min (1133-1163)

Square ¼ dirham - Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Mu'min b. Ali
ND (1130-1163)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.38 g • 10.5 × 10.5 mm
A# 481.1 note, N# 356997
Square ½ Dirham - Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Mu'min
ND (1130-1163)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.76 g
Vives arab# 2113-2114-2116, A# 481.1, A# 481.2, N# 81348
½ Dinar - Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Mu'min
ND (1130-1163)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 2.27 g
A# 478, N# 81349
1 Dirham - Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Mu'min
ND (1130-1163)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.48 g
A# 480, Vives# 2046, N# 378790

Islamic states › Almohad Caliphate • Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad (1156-1163)

½ Dinar - Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad
ND (1156-1163)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 2.28 g
A# 482, N# 379152

Islamic states › Almohad Caliphate • Abu Yaqub Yusuf (1163-1184)

Square ½ Dirham - Abu Ya'qub Yusuf ibn Ya'qub
ND (1163-1184)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.6 g • 12 × 12 mm
N# 356704
½ Dinar - Abu Ya' qub Yusuf I
ND (1163-1184)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 2.29 g • ⌀ 23 mm
N# 85707

Islamic states › Almohad Caliphate • Yaqub al-Mansur (1184-1199)

Dinar - Abu Yusuf Ya'qub
ND (1184-1199)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.57 g
N# 85844

Islamic states › Almohad Caliphate • Muhammad al-Nasir (1199-1213)

Dinar - Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad - "Muhammad al-Nasir"
ND (1199-1213)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.60 g
N# 85846

Islamic states › Almohad Caliphate • Yusuf II (1213-1224)

1 Dinar - Abu Ya'qub Yusuf II (Tilimsan)
ND (1213-1224)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.63 g • ⌀ 29 mm
A# 486, N# 382790

Islamic states › Almohad Caliphate • Abdallah al-Adil (1224-1227)

1 Dinar - Abu Muhammad 'Abd Allah
ND (1224-1227)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.62 g • ⌀ 29 mm
A# A487, N# 382791

Islamic states › Almohad Caliphate • Idris al-Ma'mun (1229-1232)

1 Dinar - Abul Ula Idris I
ND (1229-1232)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.61 g • ⌀ 29 mm
A# 487, N# 382792

Islamic states › Almohad Caliphate • Abd al-Wahid II (1232-1242)

1 Dinar - Abu Mohammad Abd al Wahid II
ND (1232-1242)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.53 g • ⌀ 29 mm
A# 489, N# 382793

Islamic states › Almohad Caliphate • Abu al-Hasan as-Said al-Mutadid (1242-1248)

1 Dinar - Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali
ND (1242-1248)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.57 g • ⌀ 29 mm
A# 490, N# 382794

Islamic states › Almohad Caliphate • Abu Hafs Umar al-Murtada (1248-1266)

Dinar - Abu Hafs' Umar
ND (1248-1266)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.60 g
N# 85847

Islamic states › Almohad Caliphate • Idris al-Wathiq (1266-1269)

1 Dinar - Abu'l-'Ula Idris II
ND (1266-1269)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.61 g • ⌀ 29 mm
A# 494, N# 382795

Islamic states › Almohad Caliphate • Unspecified ruling authority

Square ⅛ Dirham
ND (1130-1260)

Standard circulation coin
0.13 g • 8 × 8 mm
Hohertz# 645, N# 393929
Available for swap Square Dirham - Anonymous
ND (1121-1269)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.3 g • 14 mm
Vives arab# 2088-2089-2090-2091-2092-2093-2094-2095-2096-2097-2098, Vives arab# 2100-2101-2103-2104-2105-2106-2107-2109-2110, Mitch WI# 421, N# 9624

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