Zeke Y, you will agree that the Arabic script on these coins is not of the best readable
type.
Underneath I have put what I could find here and there. First there is this specimen from MA Shops, an Al Mansur
Dirham struck in Al Basra.
I think the Basra Dirhams obverses have one big pellet at 3 à'clock, followed by a repetition of two small, one big, two small ... (let us say "anti-clockwise" as we are handling Arabic things here). The shown specimen is silver, 2.9 gram, 25 mm,
ref.
Album 213.
I think the details are
good comparable whit those of your own specimen, for the year it was struck however, I am not sure it is the same.
For transcription and translation, I give you here the information given by Numista:
Obverse:
Centre: "la 'iilah iilaa allah wahdah la sharik la" = There is no God beside Allah. He has no partner.
Edge: "bismallah darab hadha aldirham bialbasrat sinah: situn wathuluthayn w miaya" = In the name of God this
dirham was struck in Basra in the year: one hundred and thirty six.
Reverse:
Centre: "mohamad rasul Allah" = Mohammed is the messenger of God.
Edge: "mohamad rasul allah arsalah bialhudaa wadin alhaqi liazharat ealaa aldiyn kulih w law kurat almushrikun = mohammed is the messenger of God. He sent him with guidance and the religion of thruth, so that he could tryumph over all religion, even if the polytheists detested it."
