ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Ghaznavids. Zahir al-Dalah Abu'l-Muzaffar Ibrahim, AH 451-492 / AD 1059-1099. Dinar (Gold, 24 mm, 4.41 g, 12 h), Ghazna, date effaced. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Qaʾim bi-amr Allah (AH 422-467/AD 1031-1075), ‘li-llāh / lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / al-Qāʾim bi-amr Allāh’ (‘For Allah. There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. al-Qaʾim bi-amr Allah’ in Arabic); in the inner margin, mint and date formula, mostly effaced; in the outer margin, traces of ‘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. ‘ẓafar / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / Naṣīr al-Dawla / wa Ẓahīr al-Milla / Ibrāhīm’ (‘Victory. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Nasir al-Dawla wa Zahir al-Milla Ibrahim’ in Arabic); in the margin, traces of ‘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 1637. Areas of weakness and with some scratches, otherwise, very fine.