ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Hisham ibn ʿAbd al-Malik (AH 105–125 / AD 724–743). Silver Dirham, Wasit mint, AH 125 (AD 742/3). Weight: 2.88 g | Diameter: 24 mm | References: Klat 714; Album 137 Obv: Kalima in three lines; marginal inscription with mint and date. Rev: Surah al-Ikhlas (Qur’an 112) in four lines; marginal legend from Qur’an 9:33. Issued in the final year of Hisham’s long reign, this dirham reflects the elegant Kufic style of the Wasit mint. Struck during a time of mounting unrest, it embodies both the religious authority and enduring political reach of the late Umayyad state.