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Aghlabids, Ziyadat Allah III bin 'Abd Allah (AH 290-296 / AD 903-908) AV Dinar. NM, AH 291 = AD 904. First part of Kalima in three lines across field, "Khattab" below (his favourite page-boy); Qur'an IX, 33 around / Continuation of Kalima in three lines across field, "ghalab" above, "Zyiadat Allah" below; mint and date formula around. Album 452; al-'Ush 150 (only 1 reported); Bernardi 146. 4.05g, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the inventory of a European dealer.
Ziyadat Allah was the last Aghlabid amir, when challenged by the Fatimid partisan 'Abd Allah al-Shi'i in the year AH 296, he fled the country and sought refuge in the east. This is the first year in which appears the name Khattab, his favourite page-boy.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the inventory of a European dealer.
Ziyadat Allah was the last Aghlabid amir, when challenged by the Fatimid partisan 'Abd Allah al-Shi'i in the year AH 296, he fled the country and sought refuge in the east. This is the first year in which appears the name Khattab, his favourite page-boy.