ISLAMIC, Ayyubids. Egypt. al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin), AH 564-589 / AD 1169-1193. Dirham (Silver, 21 mm, 2.87 g, 11 h), Dimashq (Damascus), AH 576 = 1180/1. In a central dotted square, name and title of the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Nasir li-din Allah (AH 575-622 / AD 1180-1225) in three lines; in the margin, ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / Muḥammad rasū/l Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic). Rev. In a central dotted square, name and title of the ruler in three lines as ‘al-Malik al-Nā/ṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Du/nyā wa al-Dīn’; mint and date formula around. Album 787.2. Rare. Areas of weakness and with some corrosion, otherwise, good very fine.