ISLAMIC, Arabia. Sulayhids. al-Mukarram Ahmad ibn 'Ali, AH 473-484 / AD 1081-1091. Dinar (Gold, 22 mm, 2.39 g, 5 h), ʿAdan (Aden), AH 480 = 1087/8. Within a circle, Shiʿa kalima in a blundered style, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / ʿAlī walī Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Ali is the friend of Allah’ in Arabic); in the margin, mint and date formula in a blundered style. Rev. Within a circle, ‘al-malik al-sayyid / al-Mukarram ʿuẓām / al-ʿarab sulṭān / amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘The king, the lord, al-Mukarram, the chief of the Arabs, sultan under the Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic in a blundered style); in the margin, citing the Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir billah (AH 427-487 / AD 1036-1094), ‘al-imām Maʿadd Abū Tamīm al-Mustanṣir billāh amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘Imam Maʿadd Abu Tamim al-Mustansir billah, Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic in a blundered style). Album 1076. Nicely toned. Struck from the usual somewhat worn dies, otherwise, good very fine.