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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4659890, member: 99456&quot;]<b>Abbasid Dynasty</b> (750-1258) built their capital in Baghdad making the Silk Road city a center of power where philosophic, scientific and literary works are cultivated. Founded in Harran the Abbasid Dynasty was the third&nbsp; Islamic caliphate founded in 750 by the descendants of&nbsp; Prophet Muhammad&#039;s youngest uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib.[<a href="http://www.silkroutes.net/SilkRoadTravel-IpekYolu/A.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.silkroutes.net/SilkRoadTravel-IpekYolu/A.htm" rel="nofollow">ref1</a>]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Tabaristan</b> was a city-state that sat squarely atop the main northern leg of <span style="color: #006600"><b>Silk Road</b></span> and next to the Caspian Sea. During a time when much of the world was stuck in the Dark Ages, Tabaristan prospered from the continuous stream of trade and luxuries from the Far East.[<a href="https://www.moderncoinmart.com/info-vault/articles/coins-that-traveled-the-silk-road.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.moderncoinmart.com/info-vault/articles/coins-that-traveled-the-silk-road.html" rel="nofollow">ref2</a>]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1149860[/ATTACH]<b>Islamic, &#039;Abbasid Caliphate</b>, temp. Al-Rashid, AH 170-193 / AD 786-809, hemidrachm, citing the governor of Tabaristan, Sulayman ibn Musa (AH 170-172 = AD 787-789), Tabaristan mint, PYE 137 = AH 172 = AD 788</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obv: </b>Crowned and draped word &#039;bakh&#039; (&#039;good&#039; in Kufic) within a diamond; behind head, AFZUT GDH (&#039;may his kingship increase&#039; in Pahlawi); before head, &#039;Sulayman&#039; in Kufic; in outer margin, APD / NWKW (&#039;excellent&#039; and &#039;good&#039; in Pahlawi)</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Sasanian fire altar set on three steps, flanked by two attending priests (mabedh) standing facing; to left, date; to right, mint TPURSTAN (&#039;Tabaristan&#039; in Pahlawi)</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #b30000"><b>Next:</b></span> another coin with fire altar[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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