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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Medieval & Modern Coins| > |Islamic| > IS91166
Islamic, Abbasid, Al Mahdi, 158 - 169 AH, 775 - 785 A.D.
|Islamic|, |Islamic,| |Abbasid,| |Al| |Mahdi,| |158| |-| |169| |AH,| |775| |-| |785| |A.D.|, During the reign of Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Abdallah al-Mansur, the third Abbasid Caliph, better known by his regnal name al-Mahdi ("he who is guided by God"), the cosmopolitan city of Baghdad blossomed, attracting immigrants from Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Persia, and lands as far away as Afghanistan and Spain. Baghdad was home to Christians, Jews, Hindus and Zoroastrians, in addition to the growing Muslim population. It became the world's largest city. Many musicians and poets received his patronage. The introduction of paper from China in 751 was a vital element in the efficient growth of the Abbasid bureaucracy. Al-Mahdi expanded the Abbasid administration, creating new departments for the army, the chancery, and taxation. Qadis or judges were appointed, and laws against non-Arabs were dropped. He was poisoned by one of his concubines in 785 A.D.
IS91166. Silver dirham, Album 215.1, Walker BMC 125, cf. Mitchiner WOI 159 (161 AH), VF, Madinat al-Salam (Baghdad) mint, weight 2.928g, maximum diameter 27.5mm, die axis 0o, 160 AH, 776 - 777 A.D.; obverse Kufic inscriptions: There is no deity except / God alone / He has no equal (in center); In the name of God. This dirham was struck in mint name and date (in margin); reverse Kufic inscriptions: Muhammad the Messenger / of God, God's Prayer / and Salutations upon him / The Caliph al-Mahdi (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); scarce; SOLD










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