Abbasid Caliphate. al-Mansur (754–775 AD). Dirham (No reserve price)

Abbasid Caliphate.
al-Mansur (754–775 AD).
Dirham (Silver, 27 mm, 2.9 g).

Obv: لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له / بسم الله ضرب هذا الدرهم بـ[دار الضرب] سنة [التاريخ]. “There is no deity except Allah alone; He has no partner / In the name of Allah, this dirham was struck at [mint] in the year [date].”
Rev: محمد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الخليفة المهدي / محمد رسول الله أرسله بالهدى ودين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون. “Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; may Allah bless him and grant him peace; the Caliph al-Mahdi / Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the true religion to make it prevail over all religions, even though the polytheists abhor it.”

Reference: Album, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 213.1.

Caliph al-Mansur (754-775 AD), the second Abbasid caliph, was the true architect of Abbasid power, consolidating the dynasty's rule and founding Baghdad (Madinat al-Salam) in 762 AD as his new capital. A shrewd and frugal administrator, he crushed internal revolts, built a centralized bureaucracy, and left a full treasury that underpinned the empire's golden age.

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