First Umayyad pure dirham 87 hirji & 44 hijri

by **alsadeekalsadouk** Sun Sep 13, 2015 2:35 pm

Hi good day for all
first Umayyad, indeed Islamic silver coinage Dirham was copied from the Sassanian Drachma , during Umayyad density all dirhams was interlard by govern names or Allah name “ in the name of Allah “ same to “ Bism allah “ or there is no god but God) and Muhammadun rasul Allah (Muhammad is the messenger of God) , also Abdul almaik bin Marwan and his brother albisher dated their dirhams in Arabic on Sasanian dirhams or drachm: figure 1

First Umayyad pure dirham 87 hirji & 44 hijri 6327_13062e08

First Umayyad pure dirham 87 hirji & 44 hijri 6327_13062e08

if we notice : this dirham written today in Arabic language 75H for abdul almalik ,

arbic in obverse:بسم الله , لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله
revers : أمير المؤمنين خليفة الله

Abd al-Malik B. Marwan. Drachm, without mint name (probably Dimashq) 75h. Obverse: Bust of Khusraw II right; behind, duriba fi sanat; before, khams | wa saba`in. In margin: bismillah – la ilaha illa Allah – [wahdahu] Muhammad ra – sul Allah. Reverse: Standing figure of caliph facing, wearing elaborate robe and with right hand on sheathed sword. To left: amir al-mu`minin; to right: khalifat Allah. 3.47 g. References: Album L40 RRR; Walker p. 25

now pure dirham : pure dirham means words or chapters written or interlard only by Arabic language ( in Simple Kofi font ) on dirham like figure 2
Most of the researches tell first dirham is 78H minted in alkufa – biji – shik Altaimara , Azerbaijan and Erminia is the first pure dirham , but there is dirham dated 40 H , for Mu'awiya bin Abi Sufyan 41-60AH/661-680AD figure :3 . but between 40H till 87 hijri we didn’t see any dirham with date between 40& 78 Hijri , this give equivalent date in 40 Hijri it mistake during dirham strike or copying

firgure 3: 40 Hijri - for Mu'awiya bin Abi Sufyan 41-60AH , Silver Dirham, Wasit 44h

First Umayyad pure dirham 87 hirji & 44 hijri 44_hijir

First Umayyad pure dirham 87 hirji & 44 hijri 44_hijir

figure 2
Silver Dirhams dated 78h are known from four mints: Adharbayjan, Arminiya, Shaqq al-Taymara, and al-Kufa. Klat records a total of five specimens, two of Adharbayjan and one each of the other three mints First Umayyad pure dirham 87 hirji & 44 hijri 111

First Umayyad pure dirham 87 hirji & 44 hijri 111

Note : Dinar vs dirham weight : one dinar it is equal to 12 dirhams and the legitimate weight for dirham is 2.975 gram

New topic will be opened about every Umayyad caliphate in details by alsadeek alsadouk
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