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If you had to choose 10 Islamic coins...
ROMA:
New to islamic coins so forgive my ignorance. What, if any, islamic coinage was produced in direct response to the crusades (perhaps to raise money for army?) and are any of these issues considered important historically?
Robert_Brenchley:
I'm not sure the crusades were such a big issue to the Arabs; they only involved a corner of their empire, and if it wasn't for the fact that Jerusalem is a holy city, they would probably have been remembered as a series of minor wars.
ROMA:
Obviously the crusades had an enormous influence on the European Middle Ages which was more signifcant then its effect on the muslim world. But to say that it was simply a localized affair within the muslim world is downplaying the effects. The crusades opened up roads into the east that expanded trade a great deal from the east to the west. Nur ad-Din was able to unite the various Muslim forces between the Euphrates and the Nile which was directly due to crusader incursion. Also the later uprising of Saladin and the founding of the Ayyubid dynasty was due in large part to the crusades allowing Saladin to unite fractured muslim elements into a single cause. It's been said that the crusades had a devastating effect on arab policy which lead to its isolation for centuries.
More localized relative to its effect on Europe, but more then just a "series of minor wars" regardless of Jerusalem.
bakkar:
Thank you Istinpolin for this thread.
Britannicus:
Some of these lists seem very focussed on coins that document conquest, power and empire! Just imagine if you were doing the same exercise for, say, British coins, and you chose coins to illustrate how the British beat up the Spanish Armada, triumphed over the French on various occasions, took over India, rubbed the Germans' noses in it (twice, not to mention the World Cup in 1966), re-took the Falkland Islands, and so on - well, the political correctness brigade would soon be up in arms... ;)
My list, on the other hand, would include at least a couple to document the incomparable beauty of Islamic calligraphy - a rupee of Akbar from Mughal India, for instance? Or pleasing designs like the sun-and-lion issues of the Seljuqs of Rum?
Francis
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