Coins from the Umayyad 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 › Umayyad Caliphate • Drachm (661-750)

Pashiz / Fals - al-Muhallab b. Abi Sufra (Umayyad Governors of Khurasan - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (695-698)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 0.55 g
Göbl# 218, Göbl# 219, N# 80694
Pashiz / Fals - Mansur (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (700-705)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.19 g
N# 80558
Pashiz / Fals - Yusuf b.'Umar (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (737-744)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.59 g
N# 80474
Pashiz / Fals - Aban b. al-Walid (Arab-Sasanian)
132 (750-780)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 0.99 g
N# 80531
Pashiz / Fals - Gyanbud (Arab-Sasanian)
132 (750-780)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 0.69 g
N# 80560
Drachm - 'Abd Allah b. Khazim (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (653-692)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.96 g
Val Sn# 68, N# 80748
Drachm - Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan (Umayyad Governors of Iraq - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (660-674)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.13 g
Val Sn# 65, N# 80756
Drachm - Mu'awiya, caliph (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (661-680)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.99 g • ⌀ 31 mm
Val Sn# 61, A# 5, N# 74315
Drachm - Anonymous - Khusraw II type (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (666-670)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.48 g
Val Sn# 58, N# 80769
Drachm - Samura b. Jundab (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (666-674)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.09 g
Val Sn# 5, N# 80754
Drachm - 'Abd al-Rahman b. Zayd (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (672-680)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.92 g
Val Sn# 6, N# 80752
Drachm - Yazid b. al-Muhallab (Arab-Hephthalite)
84 (672-720)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.04 g
N# 86805
Drachm - al-Hakam b. Abi'l-'As (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (673-677)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.95 g
Val Sn# 67, N# 80751
Drachm - 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad (Umayyad Governors of Khurasan - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (673-684)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.89 g • ⌀ 32 mm
Val Sn# 66, N# 74277
Drachm - 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (679-692)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.91 g
Val Sn# 63, N# 80750
Drachm - Salm b. Ziyad (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (681-684)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.98 g
Val Sn# 3, N# 80749
Drachm - al-Harith b. 'Abd Allah (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (683-684)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.54 g
N# 80747
Drachm - Talha b. 'Abd Allah (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (683-685)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.08 g
N# 80732
Drachm - al-Muhallab b. Abi Sufra (Umayyad Governors of Khurasan - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (683-702)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.925) • 4 g • ⌀ 31 mm
Val Sn# 73, BMC Walk 1# 221-224, A# 31, SICA 1# 211-214, N# 80693
Drachm - 'Umar b. 'Ubayd Allah (Arab-Sasanian)
70 (684-692)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.66 g
Val Sn# 69, N# 80726
Drachm - 'Abd Allah b. 'Ariq (Arab-Sasanian)
65-66 (685-686)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.78 g
N# 80729
Drachm - 'Abd al- 'Aziz b. 'Abd Allah b. 'Amir (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (685-688)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.01 g
Val Sn# 12, N# 80727
Drachm - 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan caliph (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (685-705)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.93 g • ⌀ 30 mm
Val Sn# 62, N# 80731
Drachm - Mus'ab b. al-Zubayr (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (686-691)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.10 g
Val Sn# 70, N# 80707
Drachm - Qatan b. 'Udayy (Arab-Sasanian)
67 (687)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.58 g
N# 80725
Drachm - 'Gorigo Shah' (Arab-Hephthalite)
ND (687-689)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.71 g • ⌀ 31 mm
N# 80475
Drachm - Qatari b. al-Fuja'a (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (688-698)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.10 g
N# 80706
Drachm - 'Atiya b. al-Aswad (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (689-696)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.13 g
Val Sn# 71, N# 80705
Drachm - Muqatil b. Misma' (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (691-692)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4 g
N# 80702
Drachm - 'Abd al-Malik b. Abi Shaykh (Arab-Sasanian)
72 (692)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.02 g
N# 80703
Drachm - Humran b. Aban (Arab-Sasanian)
72 (692)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.58 g
N# 80704
Drachm - Khalid b. 'Abd Allah (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (692-694)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.92 g
Val Sn# 72, N# 80701
Drachm - Umayya b. 'Abd Allah (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (692-696)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.66 g
Val Sn# 20, N# 80698
Drachm - 'Abd al-'Aziz b. 'Abd Allah (Arab-Sasanian)
74 (694)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.06 g
N# 80696
Drachm - 'Abd Allah b. 'Umayya (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (694-697)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.22 g
N# 80597
Drachm - Qatari b. al-Fuja'a (Arab-Sasanian)
75 (695)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.00 g
N# 146304
Drachm - al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf (Bishapur mint - Umayyad Governors of Iraq - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (696-714)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.21 g • ⌀ 35 mm
Val Sn# 74, C# 241, N# 74038
Drachm - al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf (Bishapur mint - Umayyad Governors of Iraq - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (696-714)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4 g • ⌀ 30 mm
Val Sn# 75, N# 90053
Drachm - al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf (Yazd mint - Umayyad Governors of Iraq - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (696-714)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.88 g • ⌀ 30 mm
N# 74312
Drachm - 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (699-702)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.65 g
Val Sn# 26, N# 80569

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