MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC COINS
For those of you less familiar with medieval Islamic coins, it is important to note that most of these coins will have weak areas. We make note of these weak areas, but only for the sake of giving a complete description of the coins. In many cases it is impossible to find fully-struck specimens.
We are not able to fluently read the inscriptions on these coins, and in many cases are not able to read the dates and mints. We will try to provide images that are good enough that people who are fluent in them can make them out. We would appreciate hearing about any of these items that we may have miss-identified.
ABBASID CALIPHS
In AH 132 the Abbasid Caliphate was established when the Omayyads were overthrown by the descendants of Al Abbas (an uncle of the Prophet). Abbasid rule was quickly established over much of the Islamic world but after AH 172 their power began to decline as one province after another asserted it's independence until AH 334 when Abbasid rule finally came to an end.
HARUN-AL-RASHID, AH 187
Under Harun-al-Rashid, Abbasid rule reach it highest point, extending from the Mediterranian Sea to parts of India. Harum-al-Rashid will be more familiar to many non-islamic people as one of the central figures in the tales of the Arabian Nights.
OTTOMAN EMPIRE
SELIM II, AD 1566-1574
SAFAVIDS
In AH 907 Shah Isma'il Safavi ibn Haydar defeated Murad Ak Koyunlu of the Turkomans to establish the Safavid realm in Iran and part of Afghanistan.
SHAH TAHMASP I, AH 320-984 (AD 1524-1576)
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