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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 2006023, member: 44210&quot;]Been trying to get into early Islamic but that was mostly on the backburner until recently (I only have two right now). I was originally into just Umayyad-era issues but became interested in its successor dynasty the Abbasids after learning about them in my Islamic History class. I couldn&#039;t help but get excited when I found coins of caliphs I now recognized! I wanted a coin from this era that was problem-free and affordable (don&#039;t we all?), and I settled on this silver dirham of Caliph Al-Mansur of the Abbasid Caliphate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Source: <a href="http://www.coincommunity.com/reference/?target=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mansur" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coincommunity.com/reference/?target=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mansur" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mansur</a> (it&#039;s not a long read fortunately, if you want to learn more)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/AlMansur_zpsbb50fc72.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(seller&#039;s photos)</p><p><br /></p><p>The attribution, based on what I found for this type on Forvm:</p><p><br /></p><p><u><b>Al-Mansur</b></u><b>, Abbasid Caliphate</b></p><p>AR Dirham</p><p><u>Obv</u>: Kufic legend: There is no deity except God alone He has no equal (in center); In the name of God. This dirham was struck in Madinat al-Salaam year 155 (of the Islamic era) (in margin);</p><p><u>Rev</u>: Kufic legends: Muhammad the Messenger of God (in center); Muhammad is the messenger of God. He sent him with guidance and the true religion to reveal it to all religions even if the polytheists abhor it (in margins)</p><p><u>Mint</u>: Madinat al-Salam (modern Baghdad; struck 771-772 AD)</p><p><u>Ref</u>: Album 213</p><p><u>Size</u>: 25 mm wide</p><p><br /></p><p>Al-Mansur was the caliph that founded Baghdad, which was originally named Madinat al-Salam, meaning the &quot;city of peace&quot;. It was constructed as a great round city next to the Tigris River, and it became the capital of the Abbasids and the most important city of the entire caliphate, and quickly becoming the most populous city in the world at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>al-Khilāfah al-‘Abbāsīyyah, circa mid 8th-9th centuries:</p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/AbbasidMap_zps0c8b080e.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(source of map: zonu.com) (More on the Abbasid Caliphate: <a href="http://www.coincommunity.com/reference/?target=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coincommunity.com/reference/?target=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate%29" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate</a> )[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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