Mamluk Sultanate. al-Ashraf Salah al-Din Khalil (1290-1293 AD). Dirham al-Qahira (Cairo) mint (No reserve price)

Mamluk Sultanate.
al-Ashraf Salah al-Din Khalil (1290-1293 AD).
al-Qahira (Cairo) mint.
Dirham (Silver, 20 mm, 3.1 g).

Obv: السلطان الملك / الأشرف صلاح الدنيا / والدين خليل بن ("The Sultan, the King, al-Ashraf, Righteousness of the World and the Faith, Khalil, son of"); continued in the margin: مولانا السلطان الملك المنصور ("our Lord the Sultan, the King, al-Mansur", i.e. Qalawun).
Rev: لا إله إلا الله / محمد رسول الله / أرسله بالهدى ("There is no god but God, Muhammad is the Messenger of God, He sent him with guidance"); marginal legend with mint and date: ضرب بـ[المدينة] سنة ... ("Struck in [mint] in the year ...").

Reference: Album, A Checklist of Islamic Coins, 898. Rare.

Al-Ashraf Khalil succeeded his father Qalawun as Mamluk sultan in November 1290 and resumed the war against the Crusader states. In 1291 his armies stormed Acre, and within weeks Tyre, Sidon, Beirut, Haifa, Tartus and Atlit fell, ending the Frankish presence on the Syrian coast. In 1292 he captured the Armenian stronghold of Hromgla, renaming it Qal'at al-Muslimin. In December 1293 he was murdered in Egypt by a group of emirs led by his commander Baydara.

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