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Zangids of Sinjār: Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad (594-616 AH) Æ Dirham, Sinjār, 596 AH (Edhem 167; Hennquin 700; S&S Type 81.1; Album 1880.2; ICV 1275)
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Obv: Classical bust to left wearing armor and holding scepter over right shoulder, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from lower right, all enclose by beaded and plain circles; ضرب بسنجار سنة ستة و تسعين و خمسمائة (Struck in Sinjār in the year 596)
Rev: Arabic inscription in field and around in segments with tamgha below, all enclosed by two plain circles; الامام الناصر / لدين الله / الملك المنصور / قطب الدنيا و الدين / محمد / بن زنكي / بن مودود (The Imam al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, the King al-Mansūr, Quṭb al-Dunyā wa al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Zangī b. Mawdūd)
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