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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;THCoins, post: 3172144, member: 57364&quot;]Interesting coin and question !</p><p>I know nothing about the coinage from this region and have only a basic understanding of medieval Arab. However, i think the correct answer here is: nobody nows for certain. Sayyid in Arab is spelled سيد , Sa´id is spelled سعيد , so just a small difference. The calligraphy on the one you link and various others i saw is very crude. So, it all comes to interpretation.</p><p>Sayyid was mainly used as an honorary title, for descendants of the Prophet Muhammad. I have no idea whether this ruler was regarded as such.</p><p>Sa´id is more a personal name. In interpretation one might also include the small word above sayyid/sa´id. I saw this transcribed as &quot;Ithneen&quot; إثنين, for two. If so, that also is written in a very short form. Alternatively it might be bin, بن , for &quot;son of&quot;. If so, &quot;bin Sa&#039;id&quot; would be much more logical than &quot;bin Sayyid&quot;.</p><p>Perhaps other members have knowledge on the arguments previous authors used to come to their interpretion ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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