ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Great Seljuk. Jalal al-Dawlah Malikshah I, AH 465-485 / AD 1072-1092. Dinar (Electrum, 24 mm, 4.52 g, 11 h), Mint and date off flan. Within a circle, ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / …’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, …’ in Arabic); illegible mint and date formula in the inner margin; outer margin, very weak 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. Within a circle, ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / al-sulṭān al-muʿaẓẓam / shāhānshāh Rukn / [al-Islām] …’ (‘For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. The Great Sultan, King of Kings, Rukn [al-islam] …’ in Arabic); in the margin, very weak 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 1675. Rare. Areas of weakness and some corrosion, otherwise, very fine.