Two Rare Tulunid Coins ( Publish and Study For The First Time) | ||
| مجلة الدراسات الإنسانية والأدبية | ||
| Volume 31, Issue 2, June 2024, Pages 933-969 PDF (2.21 M) | ||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/shak.2025.349361.1735 | ||
| Author | ||
| دعاء السيد حامد احمد* | ||
| قسم الاثار -کلية الاداب - جامعة کفر الشيخ | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The research includes the publication and study of two rare Tulunid coins, which are being published and studied for the first time in this research. These coins are preserved in the private collection of Professor Amer Muhammad Imran in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The first coin is a dinar minted in Egypt in 257 AH, and the second coin is a Tulunid fils bearing the names of Ahmad ibn Tulun and his son Abbas. Each coin will be studied individually, with a precise scientific description of their general appearance, inscriptions, and decorative motifs. The inscriptions will be analyzed within the context of the political, religious, and social circumstances during the reign of Ahmad ibn Tulun, as reflected by the coins. The significance of the first coin, the dinar, lies in the fact that it is considered one of the propaganda dinars, the first of its kind, and no similar coin has been published before. It was minted by Al-Muwaffaq Talha in 257 AH at the Baghdad mint. The coin bears the name of Egypt and the date of its minting, and it was sent by Al-Muwaffaq to Egypt in an attempt to remove Ahmad ibn Tulun from power due to the conflicts between them. However, these propaganda dinars failed to achieve their purpose, as Ahmad ibn Tulun had already solidified his position in ruling Egypt and established a strong army. A comparative study was conducted with other dinar specimens. The second coin, the fils"Copper Coin", it is unique in its kind and was likely minted in The Levant's borders "Thughur al-Sham". We conducted a comparison between this fils and other fals coins minted by Ahmad ibn Tulun in Egypt in 258 AH and 259 AH, as well as those minted in The Levant's borders in 264 AH. We found that the fils coins minted in The Levant's borders align with the mentioned fils in terms of bearing the name of Ahmad ibn Tulun. Therefore, these two coins represent a new addition to the coinage of Ahmad ibn Tulun, and no similar coins have been. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Dinar-; Fils; - Ahmad ibn Tulun | ||
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