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  • 1 Dinar 944 AD, Album# 674, Egypt, Al-Muttaqi, Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid
  • 1 Dinar 944 AD, Album# 674, Egypt, Al-Muttaqi, Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid
Description

The Abbasid Caliphate (Arabic: الْخِلَافَةُ الْعَبَّاسِيَّة) was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from the prophet's uncle, Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib (566–653 CE), from whom the dynasty takes its name. They ruled as caliphs for most of the caliphate from their capital in Baghdad in modern-day Iraq, after having overthrown the Umayyad Caliphate in the Abbasid Revolution of 750 CE (132 AH). The Abbasid Caliphate first centered its government in Kufa, modern-day Iraq, but in 762 the caliph Al-Mansur founded the city of Baghdad, near the ancient Babylonian capital city of Babylon. Baghdad became the center of science, culture and invention in what became known as the Golden Age of Islam. This, in addition to housing several key academic institutions, including the House of Wisdom, as well as a multiethnic and multi-religious environment, garnered it a worldwide reputation as the "Center of Learning".

Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Jaʿfar al-Muqtadir better known by his regnal title Al-Muttaqi (908– 968) was the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 940 to 944. His reign marked the start of the 'later Abbasid period' (940–1258).

The Ikhshidid dynasty was a Turkic mamluk dynasty that ruled Egypt and the Levant from 935 to 969. Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid, a Turkic Mamluk soldier, was appointed governor by the Abbasid Caliph al-Radi. The dynasty carried the Arabic title "Wāli" reflecting their position as governors on behalf of the Abbasids. The Ikhshidids came to an end when the Fatimid army conquered Fustat in 969. The Ikhshidid family tomb was in Jerusalem.

Obverse

Depicts the inscriptions in Arabic "For God", "Muhammad is the Messenger of God", "al-Muttaqi lillah", "al-Ikhshid", and “He sent him with guidance and the true religion to make it victorious over every religion although those who associate others with God dislike it.”

لله
محمد
رسول الله
المتقي لله
الاخشيد
محمد رسول الله ارسله بالهدى ودين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون

Reverse

Depicts the inscriptions in Arabic “There is no god but God alone / He has no associate", ""Abu Mansour son of the Commander of the Faithful", "To God belongs the command before and after, and at that time the believers will rejoice in the victory of God" and "In the name of God. This dinar was struck in Misr (Egypt) in the year 333."

Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Ṭughj ibn Juff ibn Yiltakīn ibn Fūrān ibn Fūrī ibn Khāqān (882–946), better known by the title al-Ikhshīd after 939, was an Abbasid commander and governor who became the autonomous ruler of Egypt and parts of Syria (Levant) from 935 until his death in 946. He was the founder of the Ikhshidid dynasty, which ruled the region until the Fatimid conquest of 969.

لا اله الا
الله وحده
لا شريك له
ابو منصور بن
امير المؤمنين
لله الأمر من قبل و من بعد و يومئذ يفرح المؤمنون بنصر الله
بسم الله ضرب هذا الدينار بمصر سنة ثلث ثلثين و ثلثمئة

Edge
Characteristics
Material Gold
Fineness 0.833
Weight 4.17 g
Diameter 23 mm
Thickness -
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Misr Mint

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