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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 7544953, member: 110504&quot;][ATTACH=full]1301977[/ATTACH]</p><p>Andalusia, &#039;Ali ibn Yusuf, Murabitid (/Almoravid) Amir A. H. 500-537 /1106-1142</p><p>C. E. AR qirat, issued (in part) in the name of his heir, Sir; hence A. H. 522-533 /c. 1128-1139 A. C. E.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv. Legend in four lines (Arabic): There is no God except God; Muhammad is the messenger of God. (The Kalimah; the first Pillar of Islam.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev. In four lines (Arabic): Ali [/] Amir al-Muminin [/] wa al-Amir Sir (Ali, commander (/Amir) of the faithful, and the Amir Sir).</p><p><br /></p><p>Album 467 (cf. 466 for the chronology); Hazard 976, Vives 1768. See also the Tonegawa Collection for an example of this type: <u><a href="http://www.andalustonegawa.50g.com/almoravids_silver.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.andalustonegawa.50g.com/almoravids_silver.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.andalustonegawa.50g.com/almoravids_silver.htm</a></u></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.andalustonegawa.50g.com/almoravids_silver.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.andalustonegawa.50g.com/almoravids_silver.htm" rel="nofollow">Almoravids Silver - Coins of al-Andalus Tonegawa Collection</a></p><p>Dirham Miknasa 494H with title Nasir al-din 0.92gr 12mm B-Ba1 Proceedings of the XIVth International Numismatic Congress, Glasgow, 2009, pp. 1821-1825.</p><p><a href="http://www.andalustonegawa.50g.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.andalustonegawa.50g.com" rel="nofollow">www.andalustonegawa.50g.com</a></p><p>I&#039;m indebted to the American numismatist Alan Deshazo for the translation of both legends, and transliteration of the reverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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