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Islamic

The Islamic collection contains c. 10,000 coins from across the Islamic world, with strong representation from the early caliphates (Umayyad and Abbasid) particularly in the region of Iraq and Iran. The collection is in the process of publication in the Sylloge of Islamic coins in the Ashmolean series (SICA) of which seven volumes have appeared so far – Volume 1 (The pre-reform coinage of the early Islamic period); volume 2 (Early post-reform coinage); volume 3 (Early Abbasid precious metal coinage); Volume 4 (Later Abbasid precious metal coinage); Volume 6 (The Egyptian dynasties); Volume 9 (Iran after the Mongol invasion); Volume 10 (Arabic and East Africa).

Islamic coin (HCR18380)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nādir Shāh, 1735 - 1747

Mint

Nādirābād (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

6 Shāhī

Dating

(115)1 AH (=AD 1738-1739)

Obverse

السلطان نادر, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, unadorned border

Reverse

خلد الله ملكه ضرب نادرآباد ١١٥١, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18394)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nādir Shāh, 1735 - 1747

Mint

Tabrīz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

2 Shāhī

Dating

1151 AH (=AD 1738-1739)

Obverse

السلطان نادر, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by empty border

Reverse

خلد الله ملكه ضرب تبريز ۱۱۵١, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18408)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nādir Shāh, 1735 - 1747

Mint

Tiflīs (stated mint)

Denom.

6 Shāhī

Dating

1151 AH (=AD 1738-1739)

Obverse

السلطان نادر, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by linear circles

Reverse

خلد الله ملكه ضرب تفليس ١١٥۱, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circles

Islamic coin (HCR17422)

Period

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

Harube (= 1/16 Riyāl)

Dating

1152 (=AD 1739–1740)

Islamic coin (HCR18342)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nādir Shāh, 1735 - 1747

Mint

Aḥmadābād (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1152 AH (=AD 1739-1740)

Obverse

هسنت سلطان بر سلاطين جهان / شاه شاهان نادر صاحبقران, Persian inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two lines

Reverse

خلد الله ملكه ضرب احمداباد سنة ١١٥٢, Arabic inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two lines

Islamic coin (HCR18351)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nādir Shāh, 1735 - 1747

Mint

Iṣfahān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

‘abbāsī

Dating

1152 AH (=AD 1739-1740)

Obverse

السلطان نادر, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

خلد الله ملكه ضرب اصفهان ١١٥٢, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by traces of thin linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR18371)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nādir Shāh, 1735 - 1747

Mint

Mashhad (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Shāhī

Dating

1152 AH (=AD 1739-1740)

Obverse

هست سلطان بر سلاطين جهان * شاه شاهان نادر صاحبقران, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب مشهد مقدس / ١١٥٢, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR18372)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nādir Shāh, 1735 - 1747

Mint

Multān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1152 AH (=AD 1739-1740)

Obverse

هست سلطان بر سلاطين جهان * شاه شاهان نادر صاحبقران, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

خلد الله ملكه ضرب دار الامان ملتان ١١٥٢, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18374)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nādir Shāh, 1735 - 1747

Mint

Murshidābād (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1152 AH (=AD 1739-1740)

Obverse

داده زيب تازه روبر مهر و ماه * از سكه نادر شاه گيتى پناه / ۱۱۵۲, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب مرشد آباد سنه احد جلوس ميمنت مأنوس, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18375)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nādir Shāh, 1735 - 1747

Mint

Murshidābād (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

1/2 rupee

Dating

1152 AH (=AD 1739-1740)

Obverse

داده زيب تازه روبر مهر و ماه * از سكه نادر شاه گيتى پناه / ۱۱۵۲, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب مرشد آباد سنه احد جلوس ميمنت مأنوس, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18376)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nādir Shāh, 1735 - 1747

Mint

Murshidābād (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

1/4 rupee

Dating

1152 AH (=AD 1739-1740)

Obverse

داده زيب تازه روبر مهر و ماه * از سكه نادر شاه گيتى پناه / ۱۱۵۲, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب مرشد آباد سنه احد جلوس ميمنت مأنوس, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18377)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nādir Shāh, 1735 - 1747

Mint

Murshidābād (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

1/8 rupee

Dating

1152 AH (=AD 1739-1740)

Obverse

داده زيب تازه روبر مهر و ماه * از سكه نادر شاه گيتى پناه / ۱۱۵۲, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب مرشد آباد سنه احد جلوس ميمنت مأنوس, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18378)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nādir Shāh, 1735 - 1747

Mint

Murshidābād (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

1/16 rupee

Dating

1152 AH (=AD 1739-1740)

Obverse

داده زيب تازه روبر مهر و ماه * از سكه نادر شاه گيتى پناه / ۱۱۵۲, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب مرشد آباد سنه احد جلوس ميمنت مأنوس, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18409)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nādir Shāh, 1735 - 1747

Mint

Tiflīs (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1152 AH (=AD 1739-1740)

Obverse

هست سلطان بر سلاطين جهان * شاه شاهان نادر صاحبقران, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by linear circles

Reverse

ضرب تفليس ١١٥۲, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR18429)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Harāt (Islamic) (stated mint)

Dating

circa 1152-1160 AH (=AD 1739-1747)

Obverse

امر شد از شاه شاهان نادر صاحبقران * سكه يابد در هرات از شاهرخ شه نام و شان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR18430)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhrukh (Afshārid), 1st reign, 1748 - 1750

Mint

Harāt (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

(1)162 AH (=AD 1739)

Obverse

سكه زد در جهان بحكم خدا * شاهرخ كلب آستان رضا / ۱۱۶۲, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه هراة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR16628)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Manṣūr al-Ḥusayn II, 1727 - 1748

Mint

Ṣan‘ā (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1153 AH (=AD 1740-1741)

Obverse

عبد الله المنصور بالله, Complex ornament centre, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

لا اله الا الله رسول الله / محمد, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin and ending in square centre, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles