ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Great Seljuk. Jalal al-Dawlah Malikshah I, AH 465-485 / AD 1072-1092. Dinar (Gold, 24 mm, 3.59 g, 1 h), Nishapur, date off flan. Within a circle, citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Muqtadi bi-amr Allah (AH 467-487 / AD 1075-1094), ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / al-Muqtadī bi-amr Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. al-Muqtadi bi-amr Allah’ in Arabic); mint and date formula in the inner margin, of which only the mint name is legible; outer margin off flan. Rev. Within a circle, ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / al-sulṭān al-muʿaẓẓam / Rukn al-Islām / Abu’l-Fatḥ Malikshāh / ibn Muḥammad’ (‘For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. The Great Sultan, Rukn al-Islam Abu’l-Fath Malikshah son of Muhammad’ 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 1674. Clipped and struck from a corroded obverse die, otherwise, very fine.