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ISLAMIC. Yemen. Zaydi Imams of the Banu Hamza. al-Mansûr 'Abd-allâh ibn Hamza (AH 583-614 / AD 1187-1217 AD). Mansûrî dirham (AH 614). al-Qâhira.
Lowick cf. 1983 no. 16; Peus auction 341, no. 1776.
„In the auction catalogue 341 Volker Popp corrected a misidentification as al-Qubba by Lowick and identifieded the mint of al-Qâhira as the castle above Zafâr, erected during the final years of the imam al-Mansûr, without indicating his source. Although a number of castles in the Yaman were named al-Qâhira (e.g. one near Ta'izz and another in Hajja) he was certainly right, as the Ghâyat al-amânî of the 17th century author Yahyâ ibn al-Husayn mentions p. 400 the transfer of timber of a mosque and town demolished by command of this imam in 611 H. to the al-Qâhira of Zafâr."
Ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger, Auction 421/1412 (2017).
Very rare.
Condition: Very fine, small chip.
Weight: 1,46g.
Diameter: 22mm.
Lowick cf. 1983 no. 16; Peus auction 341, no. 1776.
„In the auction catalogue 341 Volker Popp corrected a misidentification as al-Qubba by Lowick and identifieded the mint of al-Qâhira as the castle above Zafâr, erected during the final years of the imam al-Mansûr, without indicating his source. Although a number of castles in the Yaman were named al-Qâhira (e.g. one near Ta'izz and another in Hajja) he was certainly right, as the Ghâyat al-amânî of the 17th century author Yahyâ ibn al-Husayn mentions p. 400 the transfer of timber of a mosque and town demolished by command of this imam in 611 H. to the al-Qâhira of Zafâr."
Ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger, Auction 421/1412 (2017).
Very rare.
Condition: Very fine, small chip.
Weight: 1,46g.
Diameter: 22mm.