ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Buwayhids (Buyids). 'Adud al-Dawla Abu Shuja' Fanakhusraw, AH 342-372 / AD 953-983. Dirham (Silver, 28 mm, 2.77 g), Jannaba, AH 348 = 959/60. Citing his father Rukn al-Dawla as his overlord, ‘lā ilāh-a illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / Rukn al-Dawla / Abū ʿAlī Buwayh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Rukn al-Dawla Abu ʿAli Buwayh’ in Arabic); inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Jannābā sana thamān wa arbaʿīn wa thalātha miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Jannaba in the year 348’ in Arabic); outer margin, ‘li-llāh al-amr min qabl wa min baʿd wa yawmaʾidhin yafraḥu al-muʾminūn bi naṣr Allāh’ (‘To Allah belongs the command before and after, and on that day the believers will rejoice with the help of Allah’ in Arabic; Qurʾān 30: 4-5). Rev. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Mutiʿ lillah (AH 334-363 / AD 946-974), ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / al-Muṭīʿ lillāh / ʿAḍud al-Dawla / Abū Shujāʿ’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Mutiʿ lillah. ʿAdud al-Dawla Abu Shujāʿ’ 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 1550.1. Some doubling on the reverse and with minor edge cracks, otherwise, very fine.