Dynasty: | Abbasids |
Ruler: | al-Amin, ("the trustworthy") |
Reigned: | 193-198 AH (AD 809-813) |
Denomination: | AR Dirhem |
Mint: | Medinat al Salam (Bagdad) |
Date of Issue: | AH 196 (AD 811) |
Obverse: |
Central legend: "There is no diety except / (the one) God alone / He has no equal" Margin: "In The Name of God. This dirham was struck in Madinat al-Salam in the year six and ninety and one hundred." (196) |
Reverse: |
Margin: "Central legend: Allah is my God / Muhammad the Messenger of God / From what was ordered by 'Abd Allah / Muhammad Prince of the Faithful / al-'Abbas" Margin: "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" [citing al-Abbas and Rabi Allah] |
Reference: | Album 221 |
Weight: | 2.98 gms |
Diameter: | 25 mm |
ABBASID DYNASTY - al-Amin and al-Mamun
Al-Amin (meaning ‘the trusty’) and al-Mamun (meaning ‘preserved’) were sons of Harun al-Rashid. When Rashid died, civil war broke out between the sons, who were governors of the eastern and western halves of the Caliphate, which al-Mamun eventually won. |