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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;THCoins, post: 3109121, member: 57364&quot;]I don&#039;t collect Islamic coins specifically. I am specialized in coinage of northern India and the Pakistan/Afghan borderlands. And part of that coinage is Islamic or of a hybrid nature. Where i find the cultural hybrids the most interesting.</p><p>Like this one of the Ghaznavid ruler Mas&#039;ud. The pictography and text on the bull&#039;s side is still traditionally Indian. The name Mas&#039;ud in Arabic on the horse side.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]788597[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>But the purely Arabic text coins also have their own beauty. This is one issued under Kwarezm shah Al-ud-din Muhammad which i really like:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]788598[/ATTACH] Here the text on the side on the left reads: </p><p>“<b>السلطان</b>/ <b>ظل الله في</b> / <b>الأرض</b> “&nbsp; “Al-Sultan / Zil Allah fi / al’ard”.</p><p>Which translates as: &quot;The Sultan, the shadow of Allah on earth&quot;. Now that&#039;s a nice poetic honorary title i think.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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