ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Jazira). Mu'izz al-Din Mahmud, AH 605-639 / AD 1208-1242. Dirham (Bronze, 29 mm, 17.13 g, 3 h), al-Jazira, AH 60[6] = 1209/1210. Crowned facing female figure, seated, holding a large crescent; name and titles of Mahmud around, ‘al-malik al-muʿaẓẓam Maḥmūd ibn Sanjarshāh al-nāṣirī’ (‘The great king, Mahmud ibn Sanjarshah, the Nazarene’ in Arabic). Rev. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Nasir li-din Allah (AH 575-622 / AD 1180-1225) and the Ayyubid overlord Abu Bakr I (AH 592-615 / AD 1196-1218), ‘al-imām al-aʿẓam / al-Nāṣir li-dīn Allāh / amīr al-muʾminīn / al-malik al-ʿādil / [Abū Bakr ibn Ayyūb]’ (‘The supreme Imam, al-Nasir li-din Allah, the Commander of the Believers. The just king, Abu Bakr, son of Ayyub’ in Arabic). Mint and date around. Album 1883.1. Rare. Areas of weakness, and with some deposits and porosity, otherwise, very fine.