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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 7572175, member: 110504&quot;]To second [USER=74712]@FitzNigel[/USER], Yipe, it&#039;s Monday!&nbsp; Just lately, I found pics of most of my Almoravid qirats (Sp. quirates), hiding in plain sight in a 287-page document.&nbsp; ...Which is likely to be unfinished when I&#039;m not.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1305545[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1305548[/ATTACH]</p><p>&#039;Ali bin Yusuf, Murabitid (/Almoravid) Amir A. H. 500-537 (1106-1142 A. C. E.). AR qirat, issued (in part) in the name of his heir (and eventual successor), Tashufin, hence A. H. 533-537 /c. 1139-1142 A. C. E.&nbsp; No mint; struck either in el-Andalus or North Africa.</p><p>Here are the legends, from the website for the Maskukat Collection (<a href="http://islamiccoins.ancients.info/spain/almoravid.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://islamiccoins.ancients.info/spain/almoravid.htm" rel="nofollow">http://islamiccoins.ancients.info/spain/almoravid.htm</a>).</p><p><b>الوسط</b> <b>Central Legend</b></p><p><b>الوجه</b></p><p><b>Obv.</b> <b>لا اله الا الله</b></p><p><b>محمد رسول الله</b></p><p><b>الامير تا</b></p><p><b>شفين</b> </p><p>There is no deity except God</p><p>Muhammad is the messenger of God</p><p>The Commander Ta</p><p>shfin</p><p><b>الخلف</b></p><p><b>Rev.</b> <b>امير</b></p><p><b>المسلمين</b></p><p><b>و ناصر الدين</b></p><p><b>علي بن يوسف</b> </p><p>Commander</p><p>of the Muslims</p><p>and conqueror in the name of the faith</p><p>&#039;Ali bin Yusuf</p><p>Album (2nd ed., 1998) 467; 466 for the chronology.&nbsp; There&#039;s also the website for the Tonegawa collection for Andalusian coins:&nbsp; <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></p><p>Between them, they cite Hazard 1002 and Vives 1827, neither of which I&#039;ve ever seen.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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