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232FRB22) Abbasid, al-Musta‘sim (640-656h), dinar, Madinat al-Salam 641 AH, VF+
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232FRB22) Abbasid, al-Musta‘sim (640-656h), dinar, Madinat al-Salam 641 AH, 4.16 g (BMC I, 504), slightly buckled flan and with minor marks, otherwise Extremely fine.Abbassid, Abu Ahmad Abdullah AL-MUSTA'SIM BILLAH, 640-656 AH/ 1242-1258 AD, Gold Dinar struck at Madinat Al-Salam (present day Baghdad) in the year 641 AH ( AD 1243/4). It is struck on a 27.5 MM LARGE FLAN and weights 4.16 GRAMS, it grades a nice XF. It was struck in the second year of Al-Musta'sim reign, and exactly 15 years later in 656 AH, the Mongols invaded Baghdad, completly destroyed it and put the entire population to the sword. Al-Musta'sim was also executed (see historical note below).
REFERENCES : ALBUM TYPE # 275/ BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE PARIS, LAVOIX # 1319 / LANE-POOLE KHEDIVIAL LIBRARY # 746 (for year 642) , THE WILLIAM KAZAN COLLECTION # 213 for year 645, BMC I 505.
INSCRIPTIONS ON COIN :
OBVERSE : In 7 lines; Al-Imam/ La Ilaha Illa Allah/ Wahdahu La Sharuka Lahu / Al-Musta'sim Billah/ Amir Al-Mu'menin/ Bi Nasr Ellah/ to the right vertically : Lillah Al 'Amr min kabl Wa Min Ba'ad, To the left vertically : Wa Yauma Izin Yafrahu 'al Mu'emenun. All in a flower shaped frame forming the outer MARGIN : Bismillah Duriba Haza Al Dinar Bi Madinat Al-Salam Sanat Ihda Wa Arba'in Wa Suttuma'at.
OBVERSE CENTER :
الأمام
لا اله الا الله
وحده لا شريك له
المستعصم بالله
أمير المؤمنين
ON THE SIDES :
لله الأمر من قبل و من بعد
و يومئذ يفرح المؤمنون
بنصر الله
MARGIN :
بسم الله ضرب هذا الدينر ب
مدينة السلام سنة إحدى و أربعين و ستمائة
REVERSE : In 5 lines : Al-Hamdu Lillah/ Muhammad/ Rasulu Allah/ Salla Allah Alayhi/ Wa Sallam, Vertically to the right : Walaw Kariha/ and vertically to the left : Al-Mushrekun. MARGIN : Muhammad Rasul Allah Arsalahu Bil Huda Wa Din Al Hakk Lyuzhirahu 'Ala Al-Dina Kulahu.
REVERSE CENTER :
الحمد لله
محمد
رسول الله
صلى الله عليه
و سلم
ON THE SIDES :
ولو كره
المشركون
MARGIN :
محمد رسول الله ارسله بالهدى و دين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون
In 1258, the Mongols overran baghdad, seizing the caliph al-Musta'sim, whom they allegedly put to death by rolling him in a carpet and allowing elephants to trample him to death, so as to uphold the Mongol tradition of never spilling royal blood. The details of this story may be apocryphal.
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