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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 (HCR18045)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş (1/4)

Dating

1304 (AD= 1886–1887)

Islamic coin (HCR18046)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş (1/4)

Dating

1304 (AD= 1886–1887)

Islamic coin (HCR19240)

Period

Person

‘Abd al-Raḥmān (Bārakzāy), 1880 - 1901

Mint

Kābul (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1304 AH (=AD 1886-1887)

Obverse

امير عبد الرحمن ١٣٠٤, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by denticular circle

Reverse

صرب دار السلطنه كابل, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR99818)

Period

Person

‘Abd Allāh b. Muḥammad, 1884 - 1887

Mint

Harar (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1304 AH (=AD 1886-1887)

Obverse

العبد / الضعيف / ١٣٠٣, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

ضرب في / مدينة / هرر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR99819)

Period

Person

‘Abd Allāh b. Muḥammad, 1884 - 1887

Mint

Harar (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1304 AH (=AD 1886-1887)

Obverse

العبد / الضعيف / ١٣٠٤, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

ضرب في / مدينة / هرر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR18005)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

5 Kuruş

Dating

1305 (AD= 1887–1888)

Islamic coin (HCR19222)

Period

Person

‘Abd al-Raḥmān (Bārakzāy), 1880 - 1901

Mint

Harāt (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

qirān

Dating

1305 AH (=AD 1887-1888)

Obverse

امير عبد الرحمن ۱۳۵, Arabic inscription in field, vine pattern background, enclosed by plain and double beaded circles

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه هرات ۱۳۴, Arabic inscription in field, vine pattern background, enclosed by plain and star border

Islamic coin (HCR19225)

Period

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1305 AH (=AD 1887-1888)

Obverse

none, quadripartite leaf design in field, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

ضرب فلوس هرات ١٣٠٥, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR19241)

Period

Person

‘Abd al-Raḥmān (Bārakzāy), 1880 - 1901

Mint

Kābul (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1305 AH (=AD 1887-1888)

Obverse

امير عبد الرحمن ١٣٠٥, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by denticular circle

Reverse

صرب دار السلطنه كابل ١٣٠٥, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by denticular circle

Islamic coin (HCR19242)

Period

Person

‘Abd al-Raḥmān (Bārakzāy), 1880 - 1901

Mint

Kābul (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1305 AH (=AD 1887-1888)

Obverse

امير عبد الرحمن ١٣٠٥, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double plain circle

Reverse

صرب دار السلطنه كابل ١٣٠٥, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by denticular circle

Islamic coin (HCR19285)

Period

Person

Muḥammad b. Isḥāq

Mint

Arḍ Sharīf (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

circa 1305-1306 AH (=AD 1887-1889)

Obverse

(الامير ابن الامير) . . . امير محمد اسحق خان غازى خلد الله ملكه, Persian inscription (reading upwards from bottom right) in field

Reverse

ضرب ارض شريف روضه متبركه علويه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two thin plain circles and border of hashes

Islamic coin (HCR19287)

Period

Person

Muḥammad Isḥāq (rebel at Balkh), 1887 - 1889

Mint

Kābul (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1305 AH *(=AD 1887-1888)

Obverse

الامير ابن الامير امير محمد اسحاق خان خازى خلد الله ملكه, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه كابل ١٣٠٥, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR12486)

Period

Denom.

8 Kharub

Dating

1306 (AD= 1888–1889)

Islamic coin (HCR19243)

Period

Person

‘Abd al-Raḥmān (Bārakzāy), 1880 - 1901

Mint

Kābul (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1306 AH (=AD 1888-1889)

Obverse

امير عبد الرحمن ١٣٠٦, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by denticular circle

Reverse

صرب دار السلطنه كابل ١٣٠٦, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by denticular circle

Islamic coin (HCR19286)

Period

Person

Muḥammad Isḥāq (rebel at Balkh), 1887 - 1889

Mint

Kābul (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1305 AH (=AD 1888-1889)

Obverse

الامير ابن الامير امير محمد اسحاق خان خازى خلد الله ملكه, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه كابل ١٣٠٥, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR19288)

Period

Person

Muḥammad Isḥāq (rebel at Balkh), 1887 - 1889

Mint

Kābul (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1306 AH (=AD 1888-1889)

Obverse

الامير ابن الامير امير محمد اسحاق خان خازى خلد الله ملكه, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه كابل ١٣٠۶, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and denticular circles

Islamic coin (HCR19244)

Period

Person

‘Abd al-Raḥmān (Bārakzāy), 1880 - 1901

Mint

Kābul (Islamic)

Denom.

1/6 rupee

Dating

1307 AH (=AD 1889-1890)

Obverse

امير عبد الرحمن, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

صرب دار السلطنه كابل ١٣٠٧, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR19275)

Period

Person

‘Abd al-Raḥmān (Bārakzāy), 1880 - 1901

Mint

Qandahār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1307 AH (=AD 1889-1890)

Obverse

امير عبد الرحمن ۱۳, Persian inscription in field, vine pattern background

Reverse

ضرب دار اسلطانه قندهار ١۳۰۷, Arabic inscription in field, vine pattern background

Islamic coin (HCR19439)

Period

Mint

Qandahār (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1307 AH (=AD 1889-1890)

Obverse

none, four flowers in whirling pattern

Reverse

فلوس قندهار ١٣٠٧, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR17937)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1308 (AD= 1890–1891)