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Auction 421 1-3 Nov 2017
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al-Muzzafar Shams ad-dîn Yûsuf ibn 'Umar, 647-694 H./1249-1295 AD Dirham 68(5 barely visible) H., Sa'da. 1.80 g.; Extremely rare mint for this reign About extremely fine
In 684 H. a Rasûlid army under the command of al-Malik al-Wâthiq Ibrâhîm came to San'â and laid siege to Thulâ. This resulted in a peace treaty with the exchange of hostages. Another consequence was the striking of Rasulid dirhams in Sa'da, the capital of the Zaydi imams, (as well as in al-Jâhilî and Zafâr) and this was regarded as an extraordinary success of Rasulid politics of great historical importance so that it was noted in al-Khazraji's chronicle (ed. Muhammad ibn 'Alî al-Akwa', San'â/Beirut 1403/1983 vol I p. 207): "In this year 685 the happy Muzaffari dirham was struck in the city of Sa'da in the month of Jumâdâ II [25 July-22 August 1286]." The two sides fell apart in the following year.
al-Muzzafar Shams ad-dîn Yûsuf ibn 'Umar, 647-694 H./1249-1295 AD Dirham 68(5 barely visible) H., Sa'da. 1.80 g.; Extremely rare mint for this reign About extremely fine
In 684 H. a Rasûlid army under the command of al-Malik al-Wâthiq Ibrâhîm came to San'â and laid siege to Thulâ. This resulted in a peace treaty with the exchange of hostages. Another consequence was the striking of Rasulid dirhams in Sa'da, the capital of the Zaydi imams, (as well as in al-Jâhilî and Zafâr) and this was regarded as an extraordinary success of Rasulid politics of great historical importance so that it was noted in al-Khazraji's chronicle (ed. Muhammad ibn 'Alî al-Akwa', San'â/Beirut 1403/1983 vol I p. 207): "In this year 685 the happy Muzaffari dirham was struck in the city of Sa'da in the month of Jumâdâ II [25 July-22 August 1286]." The two sides fell apart in the following year.