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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EWC3, post: 5270329, member: 93416&quot;]Many thanks indeed [USER=96898]@Orielensis[/USER]</p><p><br /></p><p>I am just as puzzled as you</p><p><br /></p><p>The text I got my info from is here</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://archive.org/stream/Shekel1987v20n1JanMar/Shekel1987v20n1JanMar_djvu.txt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/stream/Shekel1987v20n1JanMar/Shekel1987v20n1JanMar_djvu.txt" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/stream/Shekel1987v20n1JanMar/Shekel1987v20n1JanMar_djvu.txt</a></p><p><br /></p><p>See the piece by&nbsp; Samuel Lachman, Haifa (page 9)</p><p><br /></p><p>he states:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>The Sumairi dirhems were so called because they were first struck by a Jew named Sumoir, who recommended them to Hajjaj ibn Yusuf,^^ at the time of the coinage reform.&nbsp; </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>&nbsp;Fischel,^^ basing his description on Ibn al-Athir^® and Maqrizi,^® presents the following story: Under the Umayyad Caliphate there arose to prominence Sumair al-Yahudi (c. 695) who, as keeper of the Mint in Damascus, as an expert in coins, purveyor of metals and provider of loans for the Court, served the fiscal administration for many years. Fischel’s references are of the 13th and 15th century. So far no earlier supporting sources have been traced. </i></p><p><br /></p><p>The footnote to the text ^^ must be 14 - (you have to scroll down a bit as OCR has mixed it into the next article).&nbsp; That gives a page reference which OCR renders as XXn.&nbsp; So it looks like the comment is maybe in his introduction&nbsp; -&nbsp; maybe on page 20.&nbsp; But does your copy even have a page 20 in its introduction???</p><p><br /></p><p>Very best wishes (and Merry Christmas)</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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