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ABBASID: Ibrahim b. 'Abd Allah, rebel, 762-763, AR dirham (2.65g), al-Basra, AH145, A-F214, SICA-3:573, standard obverse, but special reverse, with just Allah / ahad / ahad in the field and Qur'an verse 17:81 in the margin, attractive VF, RRRR. Ibrahim b. 'Abd Allah was a great-grandson of the Shi'ite imam al-Hasan b. 'Ali. Along with his brother Muhammad, they revolted in late 762 AD against the second Abbasid caliph, al-Mansur, in response to the latter's mounting prosecution of the Alids. While Muhammad's revolt in Medina was quickly suppressed, Ibrahim achieved initial success from al-Basra and gained control over Ahwaz, Fars, and Wasit. He also issued his own coins, which feature the Quranic verse ja' al-haqq wa zahaqa al-batil inn al-batil kana zuhuqan ("Truth has come and falseness has vanished, for surely, falseness is ever bound to vanish"). However, internal dissent among Shi'ite factions forestalled any meaningful resistance against al-Mansur, whose army annihilated Ibrahim's forces in February 763, thus putting an end to the Alid rebellion.A similar example was sold in our Auction 25, Lot 230. There was only one other example, of much lower quality, on CoinArchives.

Estimate: 1,200-1,600 USD