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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7968823, member: 99456"]Two more additions to this thread. First a question:</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Question: </b>does anyone know if dirhem and dirham are interchangable ways of describing this denomination or do the different spellings suggest some subset of coins or regions?</p><p><br /></p><p>and second <b>Another Dirhem</b> - this time an Ayyubid coin during the period when they occupied Mardin 1230/31. Another of these coins that stirs up interesting people and history.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1382016[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Islam, Artuqids of Mardin, Nasir ad-Din Artuq Arslan</b> (597 - 637 AH / AD 1201 - 1239), AR dirhem (silver), 628 AH, Dunaysir mint.</p><p><b>Obv:</b> In the six-pointed star mention of the superior ruler Al-Kamil Muhammad, title and name; outside mint and year</p><p><b>Rev:</b> In the six-pointed star the title and name of the caliph al-Mustansir; outside Kalima</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Album 1831.1; <a href="http://enl.numismatics.org/id/3284" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://enl.numismatics.org/id/3284" rel="nofollow">Dar al Katub 3284</a></p><p><b>Notes:</b> Dunaysir (city south of Mardin), hexagram type, Ayyubid style with the Ayyubid al-Kamil Muhammad cited as overlord. Al-Kamil is known as a just and compassionate ruler, who sought peace with the crusaders. He is also said to have met for peaceful dialog with St. Francis of Assisi during the 5th crusade ~1219 AD. He negotiated a peace treaty in 1229 with Frederick II King of Sicily, ceding Jerusalem while retaining other rights and holy sites.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7968823, member: 99456"]Two more additions to this thread. First a question: [B] Question: [/B]does anyone know if dirhem and dirham are interchangable ways of describing this denomination or do the different spellings suggest some subset of coins or regions? and second [B]Another Dirhem[/B] - this time an Ayyubid coin during the period when they occupied Mardin 1230/31. Another of these coins that stirs up interesting people and history. [ATTACH=full]1382016[/ATTACH] [B]Islam, Artuqids of Mardin, Nasir ad-Din Artuq Arslan[/B] (597 - 637 AH / AD 1201 - 1239), AR dirhem (silver), 628 AH, Dunaysir mint. [B]Obv:[/B] In the six-pointed star mention of the superior ruler Al-Kamil Muhammad, title and name; outside mint and year [B]Rev:[/B] In the six-pointed star the title and name of the caliph al-Mustansir; outside Kalima [B]Ref: [/B]Album 1831.1; [URL='http://enl.numismatics.org/id/3284']Dar al Katub 3284[/URL] [B]Notes:[/B] Dunaysir (city south of Mardin), hexagram type, Ayyubid style with the Ayyubid al-Kamil Muhammad cited as overlord. Al-Kamil is known as a just and compassionate ruler, who sought peace with the crusaders. He is also said to have met for peaceful dialog with St. Francis of Assisi during the 5th crusade ~1219 AD. He negotiated a peace treaty in 1229 with Frederick II King of Sicily, ceding Jerusalem while retaining other rights and holy sites.[/QUOTE]
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