ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Qarakhanids (United). Muhammad ibn Ali, circa AH 393-415 / AD 1003-1024. Fals (Bronze, 27 mm, 3.00 g), Ilaq, AH 404 = 1013/4. Citing the ruler as ‘Sanaʾ al-Dawla’ (in Arabic) within a circle; above, sword; below, bow and arrow; mint and date formula in the margin. Rev. Citing Ahmad ibn ʿAli as al-Malik al-Muzaffar Khan in the field, and as al-Malik al-Muzaffar Qutb al-Dawla in the margin, ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / al-Malik al-Muẓaffar / Khān’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Malik al-Muzaffar Khan’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘mimmā amara bihī al-amīr al-sayyid al-Malik al-Muẓaffar Quṭb al-Dawla’ (‘From that ordered by the Amir and the Lord al-Malik al-Muzaffar Qutb al-Dawla’ in Arabic). Album 3308. Rare. Some corrosion and adjustment marks, otherwise, good fine.