Buyids of Iraq. Mu'izz al-Dawla Ahmad (945-967 AD). Dirham (No reserve price)

Buyids of Iraq. Mu'izz al-Dawla Ahmad (945-967 AD).
Dirham (Silver, 26 mm, 2.96 g).

Obv: لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / معز الدولة / ابو الحسين / بويه ("There is no god but God alone, He has no associate; Mu'izz al-Dawla Abu'l-Husayn Buya"). Mint and date in the inner margin; Qur'an 30:4-5 in the outer margin.
Rev: لله / محمد رسول الله / المطيع لله / ركن الدولة / ابو علي / بويه ("For God; Muhammad is the Messenger of God; al-Muti' li'llah; Rukn al-Dawla Abu 'Ali Buya"). Qur'an 9:33 in the margin.

Reference: Album, A Checklist of Islamic Coins, type 1543.2.

Ahmad ibn Buya, a Daylamite, took Baghdad in December 945, where the caliph al-Mustakfi named him Mu'izz al-Dawla and amir al-umara. In 946 he deposed al-Mustakfi and installed al-Muti', who reigned under Buyid control. After the death of his brother 'Imad al-Dawla in 949 he accepted his other brother Rukn al-Dawla as senior amir, whose name his coins now carried beside the caliph's. He fought the Hamdanids and died in 967, succeeded by his son 'Izz al-Dawla.

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