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ISLAMIC, Mongols. Ilkhanids. Hülegü. AH 654-663 / AD 1256-1265. AR Dirham (24mm, 4.54 g, 5h). Citing Mongol khaqaan Möngke. Irbil mint. Dated AH [6]5[x] (circa AD 1256-1262). Central Kufic legend: al-hamd li-llah | la ilah illa | Allah Muhammad | rasuluallah | wahdahu (Praise be to God | There is no diety except | God, Muhammad | is the messenger of God, | he has no equal); Kufic legend at sides: salla Allah | 'alayhi wa-sallama (God bless him | and give him peace); marginal Kufic legend: Qur'an III, 26 / Central Kufic legend: qa'an | al-a'zam | Munaka qa'an | Hulagu | khan (The supreme \ khaqaan | Möngke khaqaan | Hülegü | khan); Kufic legend at sides: Malik al-ard | [garbled] (King of the earth | [garbled]); marginal Kufic legend: bism Allah duriba hadha al-dirhem bi-Irbil sanat [... wa] khamsin [wa sitt mi'at] (In the name of God. This dirham was struck in Irbil in the year [... and] fifty [and six-hundred]). Diler H12; SICA 9, 88 var. (date); Album 2122; ICV 2066. Good VF, toned. Well struck for issue. Scarce lifetime issue.
From the BRN Collection.
The numerals of the date are not all clear, but the number to the lower left of the reverse, the tens digit, must be 50, which confirms this as a lifetime issue for Hülegü.
From the BRN Collection.
The numerals of the date are not all clear, but the number to the lower left of the reverse, the tens digit, must be 50, which confirms this as a lifetime issue for Hülegü.