ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Great Seljuk. Jalal al-Dawlah Malikshah I, AH 465-485 / AD 1072-1092. Dinar (Electrum, 22 mm, 3.24 g, 4 h), Harat (Herat), date effaced. 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 deteriorated Arabic); mint and date formula in the inner margin, almost entirely effaced; in the 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 deteriorated Arabic; Qurʾān 30: 4-5). Rev. Within a circle, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / al-sulṭān al-muʿaẓẓam / shāhānshāh al-aʿẓam / Muʿizz al-Dunyā wa al-Dīn / Malikshāh’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. The Great Sultan, the Supreme King of Kings, Muʿizz al-Dunya wa al-Din Malikshah’ in Arabic); in the margin, 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. Struck from worn dies and with some scratches, otherwise, very fine.