ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. al-Rashid, AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. Dirham (Silver, 24 mm, 2.39 g, 6 h), Sijistan (Sistan), AH 174 = 790/1. ‘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 ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Sijistān sana arbaʿ wa sabʿīn wa miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Sijistan in the year 174’ in Arabic). Rev. Citing governor [ʿUthman ibn ʿUmara] ibn Khuraym, and the caliph by his name Harun, ‘Ibn Khuraym / Muḥammad rasūl / Allāh ṣalla Allāh ʿalayh wa / sallam al-khalīfa Hārūn / bakh’ (‘Son of Khuraym. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. May Allah bless him and grant him peace. Caliph Harun. Good’ 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 219.4. Rare. Crystallized and with some edge chipping, otherwise, very fine.