ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Seljuk). Khwarizm Shahs. 'Ala al-Din Muhammad II, AH 596-617 / AD 1200-1220. Broad Dirham (Bronze, 46 mm, 9.14 g, 6 h), Sultani type, Parab, date illegible. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Nasir li-din Allah (AH 575-622 / AD 1180-1225) in three lines in a central square; around a second square, ‘lā ilāha / illā Allāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic); in outer margin, illegible legend. Rev. In a circle, ‘sulṭānī’(?) at the top; citing the ruler as ‘al-Sulṭān / al-Aʿẓam ʿAlā / al-Dunyā wa al-Dīn / Abuʾl-Fatḥ Muḥammad / ibn Sulṭān Takish’; mint and date formula around. Album -, cf. Album 1723D. Extremely rare. Areas of weakness, otherwise, fine.