ISLAMIC, Egypt & Syria (Pre-Fatimid). Tulunids. Harun, AH 283-292 / AD 896-904. Dinar (Gold, 22 mm, 4.34 g, 11 h), Filastin, AH 291 = AD 903/4. ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him’ in Arabic); in the inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Filasṭīn sana iḥdā wa tisʿīn wa miʾatayn’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Filastin in the year 291’ in Arabic); in the 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-Muktafi billah (AH 289-295 / AD 902-908), ‘lillāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / al-Muktafī billāh / Hārūn ibn Khumārawayh’ (‘For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Muktafi billah. Harun son of Khumarawayh’ 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 667.2. Bernardi 230Gn. Very rare. Flan crack, otherwise, very fine.



This is the last issue struck by the Tulunids before the Abbasids were able to re-established their authority in Filastin (Palestine) in the year 906 .