ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Seljuk). Khwarizm Shahs. Taj al-Dunya wa'l-Din Tekish, AH 567-596 / AD 1172-1200. Dinar (Gold, 25 mm, 3.00 g), Balkh (?), AH [5]87 = 1191/2. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Nasir li-din Allah (AH 575-622 / AD 1180-1225), ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / al-Nāṣir li-dīn / Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Nasir li-din Allah’ in Arabic); in the margin, traces of ‘huwa alladhi arsala rasūlahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih wa law kariha al-mushrikūn’ (‘He it is Who sent his messenger 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; Qurʾān 48: 28). Rev. ‘… / al-sulṭān al-aʿẓam / ʿAlā al-Dunyā wa al-Dīn / Abuʾl- Muẓaffar … Takish’ (‘… The supreme sultan ʿAla al-Dunya wa al-Din Abuʾl-Muzaffar … Takish’ in Arabic); partly illegible mint and date formula. Album 1711. Rare. Struck off center from somewhat worn dies, otherwise, about very fine.