ISLAMIC, Caucasus (Pre-Seljuq). Shaddadid. al-Fadl I ibn Muhammad, AH 375-422 / AD 985-1031. Dirham (Silver, 20 mm, 3.20 g), Janza (Ganja), Muharram AH 400 = September 1009. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Qadir billah (AH 381-422 / AD 991-1031). In a central circle, ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / al-Qādir billāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. al-Qadir billah’ in Arabic); in the inner margin, ‘ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Janza fī al-Muḥarram sana arbaʿa miʾa’ (‘This dirham was struck in Janza in the Muharram of the year 400’ in Arabic); in the outer margin, ‘huwa alladhī arsala rasūlahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih’ (‘He [i.e. Allah] is the one who sent His messenger with guidance and the religion of truth, so that He may make it overcome all religions’ in Arabic). Rev. In a central circle, ‘Muḥammad rasūl / Allāh al-amīr al-sayyid / al-manṣūr Faḍl / ibn Muḥammad shadd/ādī’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Amir al-Sayyid al-Mansur Fadl son of Muhammad’ in Arabic); the legend in the margin is the same as the legend in the obverse outer margin. Album 1491. Somewhat porous, otherwise, good very fine.