ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. al-Rashid, AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. Dirham (Silver, 25 mm, 2.97 g, 3 h), citing the governor Khuzayma ibn Khazim al Tamimi, Arran (Caucasus), AH 188 = AD 803/4. SICA III, 294. Lightly toned. Extremely fine.
From the Dr. David Majer Collection of Islamic coins, formed over the past two decades.
Khuzayma was a son of Khazim al Tamimi (749-768), a Khorasani military officer who played an important role in the Abbasid revolution. Khuzayma himself held various high offices during the reigns of Harun al-Rashid and his successors.