ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Qarakhanids (United). Muhammad ibn Ali, circa AH 393-415 / AD 1003-1024. Dirham (Silver, 26 mm, 2.62 g, 6 h), Khujanda, AH 406 = 1015/6. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Qadir billah (AH 381-422 / AD 991-1031) and Ahmad ibn ʿAli as Nasir al-Haqq Khan on the reverse. ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him’ in Arabic), in the margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuri/ba hādhā al-dirham / bi Khujanda sana / sitta wa arbaʿa miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Khujanda in the year 406’ in Arabic), all within a circle. Rev. Within a central circle, ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / al-Qādir billāh, Nāṣir al-Ḥaqq Khān / Sanā al-Dawla Īlik / Muḥammad’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Qadir billah, Nasir al-Haqq Khan, Sana al-Dawla Ilek Muhammad’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘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 3307. Areas of weakness, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.