ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Buwayhids (Buyids). Sultan al-Dawla Abu Shuja', AH 403-415 / AD 1012-1024. Dirham (Silver, 27 mm, 3.00 g, 7 h), Nawbandajān, AH 413 = 1022/3. Citing full Kalima, the name of the caliph al-Qadir billah (AH 381-422 / AD 991-1031), and his titulature as ʿImād al-Dīn Abū Shujāʿ Sulṭān al-Dawla, ʿIzz al-Milla, Mughith al-Umma in the field, mint and date in the margin. Rev. Qurʾān 112: 1-4 in the field; ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih wa law kariha al-mushrikūn’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth, so that He may make it overcome all religions, even though the unbelievers may dislike it’ in Arabic) in the margin. Album 1581. An extremely rare mint. Scratches and light doubling, otherwise, about very fine.