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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RAGNAROK, post: 2728641, member: 84566&quot;][ATTACH=full]619920[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Artuqids of Mardin: Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan Æ dirhem, 580-597 AH (1184-1201 AD), 11.71gm, struck 589 AH (year of Saladin’s death), 29.9mm. Obv: Three figures in various poses surrounding a central seated figure in a posture of mourning. Rev: Five line Kufic legend giving names and titles of the Abbasid caliph al-Nasir, surrounded by a circular legend giving the names and titles of Yuluq Arslan and the date. S&amp;S 35.2; Album 1829.3.</p><p><i>The figures on the obverse may represent actual citizens in mourning for Saladin. Alternatively, they may be symbolic representations of astronomical/astrological entities which were said to have predicted the death of Saladin, and thenmourned him – so exceptionally great was the tragedy of his passing that the stars and planets lamented. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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