Muhammad al-Tabari: ‘Abd al-Malik Reforms the Coinage Year: 900s
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Muhammad al-Tabari:‘Abd al-Malik Reforms the CoinageYEAR: 900s
https://doi.org/10.3735/9781961844247.book-part-015

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Abstract

In this year, ”Abd al-Malik b. Marwan ordered dinars and dirhams inscribed, according to al-Waqidi--Sa‘d b. Rashid--Salih b. Kaysan. According to Ibn Abi al-Zinad—his father: ‘Abd al-Malik struck dirhams and dinars that year; he was the first to initiate the striking of them. According to Khalid b. Abi Rabi‘ah—Ibn Hilal—his father: The pre-Islamic units of weight (mithqals) by which ‘Abd al-Malik struck his coins were twenty- two qirats, minus a habbah; ten weighed seven.

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