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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 2043722, member: 44210&quot;]I really appreciate that my Secret Santa remember my growing interest in early Islamic and sent me a coin from that numismatic area. Thanks again Secret Sant, you are great!</p><p><br /></p><p>I had taken Islamic History as an elective this past semester so I recognized the name of the caliph right of the bat, al-Mahdi, but he wasn&#039;t discussed a whole lot so had trouble remembering what era/dynasty he was from (Abbasids), but I thought it was pretty cool that I managed to remember his name (this is a new-ish numismatic field for me but I am pretty familiar with the history). He was the son of the previous Caliph al-Mansur, whose name is on my dirham that I have as my avatar.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>al-Mahdi</u>, Abbasid Caliphate</b></p><p>AE Fals</p><p><u>Obv</u>: Kufic legend (in center): &quot;[There is] no deity except / God alone / no [one is] equal to him&quot;, two pellets below, all within triple linear circle, five annulets in margins</p><p><u>Rev</u>: Kufic legend (in center): &quot;Muhammad / is the Messenger of / God&quot;; Kufic legend (in margins): &quot;Ordered by al-Mahdi Muhammad commander of the faithful, of al-Kufa [in the] year seven and sixty and [one] hundred (year 167)</p><p><u>Mint</u>: Kufa (struck 783-784 AD)</p><p><u>Ref</u>: Album 306</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/almahdi_zps258c811e.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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