EARLY ISLAMIC COINS
James N. Roberts

Welcome! Please glance through the introduction, if this is your first time at this site. The material is arranged in seven sections:
 

The Early Arab Empire
Spanish Umayyads and their Successors
Fragments of the Abbasid Caliphate
The Seljuq-Ayyubid Period
The Mamluks
Turkish Beyliks and the Ottomans
The Mongols and their Successors


Or you may go directly to the coins that were struck by a specific dynasty or group:
Abbasid Caliphate Germiyan Marinids Seljuqs of Arzarum
Abbasids (Restored) Ghaznavids Marwanids Seljuqs of Rum
Aghlabids Ghorids Menteshe Sharaf Khans
Ahar Kings Giray Khans Mongol Great Khans Shaybanids
Alanya Amirs Golden Horde Mongols in Georgia + Shirvanshahs
'Alids Great Seljuqs Moscow + Sicilian Arabs
Almoravids Hafsids Muwahhids Spanish Christians +
Anatolian Beyliks Hamdanids Muzaffarids Sumadihids
Aq-Qoyunlu Hammudids Nasrids of Granada Suzdal +
Arab-Byzantine Hasanwayhids Nisanids Tabaristan
Arab-Sassanians Hazaraspids Normans of Sicily + Tahirids
Artukids Hungary + Ottoman Empire Timurids
Aydin Idrisids Qara-Qoyunlu Tulunids
Ayyubids Ikhshidids Qaramanids Umayyad Caliphate
Banijurids Ilak Khans Qarmatids Umayyads of Spain
Begteginids Ildegizids Rassids of Yemen Uyrats
Begtimurids Ilkhanids Rasulids of Yemen Walids
Blue Horde Inalids Riazan + White Horde
Buwayhids Injuyids Rupenids + Zangids
Chaghatayids Isfandiyarids Safavids Zirids of Qairuwan
Crusaders + Jalayrids Saffarids Zirids of Granada
Dulafids Karts of Herat Saffarids (later) Ziyarids
Eretnids Khwarizmshahs Sajids of Azerbaijan
Fatimids Mamluks (Bahri) Salduqids
Georgian Kingdom + Mamluks (Burji) Samanids

NOTE: (+) A plus sign indicates issuers of coins with Arabic inscrip-
tions that have Christian content or that come from a Christian state.
Some of these dynasties are also known by other names.

 
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