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Article: Laqab for a future caliph: the case of the Abbasid al-Mahdi.
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- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
- Article date:
- April 1, 1993
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Relatively little has been written on the relationship between numismatic inscriptions and Abbasid imperial policies, although important work has been done by George C. Miles, Norman Douglas Nicol, and Muhammad al-??Ush, among others, on identifying local governors from inscriptions on dirhams (silver coins) and fulus (copper coins).(1) Following the examples of Samir Shamma and Dr. Nahid Abd al-Razzaq, my purpose is to relate numismatic texts to specific historical events and policies.(2) The example I will focus on is a new style dirham from Rayy that is dated 145 A.H.
Theoretical caliphal prerogatives included the right of sikkah, by which I mean that the ...