ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Qarakhanids (Western). Ibrahim ibn Nasr. Dirham (Silver, 27 mm, 3.27 g), Samarqand, AH 433 = 1041/2. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Qaʾim bi-amr Allah (AH 422-467 / AD 1031-1075), and calling himself ‘al-Muʾayyid al-ʿAdl’ (‘The Supporter of Justice’ in Arabic) on the obverse and Tafghaj Bughra Qarakhagan on the reverse. ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / al-muʾayyid al-ʿadl’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. al-Muʾayyid al-ʿAdl’ in Arabic), in the margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba / hādhā al-dirham / bi Samarqand sana / thalāth wa thalāthīn [wa] arbaʿa miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Samarqand in the year 433’ in Arabic), all within a circle. Rev. Within a central circle, ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / al-Qāʾim bi-amr Allāh, Ṭafghāj / Bughrā Qarākhāqān / Ibrāhīm ibn Naṣr’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Qaʾim bi-amr Allah, Tafghaj Bughra Qarakhagan, Ibrahim ibn Nasr’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘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). Album 3326. Rare. Areas of weakness and with some metal problems, otherwise, very fine.