Abbasids, al-Rashid AR Dirham. Sijistan mint, AH 175 = AD 789. First part of kalima in three lines; mint and date formula around / Continuation of kalima, tasliya, citing Ibn Hurraym as governor of Sistan; "bakh" below; Quran IX, 33. Album 219.4; Lowick 2380. 2.86g, 26mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Scarce.
From the Neil Collection.
Uthman ibn Khuraym was the last representative of the Syrian tribal elites in the Abbasid provincial administration.