ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Shahs of Badakhshan. ʿAlishah II, AH 717-718 / AD 1316-1317. Dirham (Silver, 23 mm, 2.37 g). Within a square, ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic); the names of the four Rashidun Caliphs in the margin. Rev. Within a hexafoil, ‘al-sulṭān al-a/ʿẓam ʿAlīshāh / khallada Allāh / mulkahū’ (‘The supreme sultan ʿAlishah. May Allah perpetuate his kingdom’ in Arabic); illegible margin. Album A2015. Very rare. Areas of weakness and with some edge cracks, otherwise, very fine.