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Abbasid Caliphate. Tarsus. Al-Mu'tamid AH 256-279.
Fals Bronze
19 mm, 2,49 g
Legend in arabic / Legend in arabic.
very fine
Coinage of the Tulunids, 59.
Abu'l-Abbas Ahmad ibn Talha al-Muwaffaq, romanized: Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Ṭalḥa al-Muwaffaq; 853/4 or 860, better known by his regnal name al-Mu'tadid bi-llah, "Seeking Support in God"), was the Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate from 892 until his death in 902.
Al-Mu'tadid was the son of al-Muwaffaq, who was the regent and effective ruler of the Abbasid state during the reign of his brother, Caliph al-Mu'tamid. As a prince, the future al-Mu'tadid served under his father during various military campaigns, most notably in the suppression of the Zanj Rebellion, in which he played a major role.
From the Tareq Hani collection
Fals Bronze
19 mm, 2,49 g
Legend in arabic / Legend in arabic.
very fine
Coinage of the Tulunids, 59.
Abu'l-Abbas Ahmad ibn Talha al-Muwaffaq, romanized: Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Ṭalḥa al-Muwaffaq; 853/4 or 860, better known by his regnal name al-Mu'tadid bi-llah, "Seeking Support in God"), was the Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate from 892 until his death in 902.
Al-Mu'tadid was the son of al-Muwaffaq, who was the regent and effective ruler of the Abbasid state during the reign of his brother, Caliph al-Mu'tamid. As a prince, the future al-Mu'tadid served under his father during various military campaigns, most notably in the suppression of the Zanj Rebellion, in which he played a major role.
From the Tareq Hani collection