Dr. Busso Peus Nachf.
Auction 421 1-3 Nov 2017
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In the auction catalogue 341 Volker Popp corrected a misidentification as al-Qubba by Lowick and identifieded the mint of al-Qâhira as the castle above Zafâr, erected during the final years of the imam al-Mansûr, without indicating his source. Although a number of castles in the Yaman were named al-Qâhira (e.g. one near Ta'izz and another in Hajja) he was certainly right, as the Ghâyat al-amânî of the 17th century author Yahyâ ibn al-Husayn mentions p. 400 the transfer of timber of a mosque and town demolished by command of this imam in 611 H. to the al-Qâhira of Zafâr.
al-Mansûr 'Abd-allâh ibn Hamza, 583-614 H./1187-1217 AD Mansûrî dirham 614 H., al-Qâhira. Lowick cf. 1983 no. 16; Peus auction 341, no. 1776. 1.46 g.; Very rare Very fine Minimal chip
In the auction catalogue 341 Volker Popp corrected a misidentification as al-Qubba by Lowick and identifieded the mint of al-Qâhira as the castle above Zafâr, erected during the final years of the imam al-Mansûr, without indicating his source. Although a number of castles in the Yaman were named al-Qâhira (e.g. one near Ta'izz and another in Hajja) he was certainly right, as the Ghâyat al-amânî of the 17th century author Yahyâ ibn al-Husayn mentions p. 400 the transfer of timber of a mosque and town demolished by command of this imam in 611 H. to the al-Qâhira of Zafâr.