ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Ma'mun, AH 193-218 / AD 809-833. Dirham (Silver, 26 mm, 2.99 g, 9 h), Samarqand, AH 218 = 833. ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him’ in Arabic); around, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Samarqand sana thamān ʿashra wa miʾatayn’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Samarqand in the year 218’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘li-llāh al-amr min qabl wa min baʿd wa yawmaʾidhin yafraḥu al-muʾminūn bi naṣr Allāh’ (‘To Allah belongs the command before and after, and on that day the believers will rejoice with the help of Allah’ in Arabic; Qurʾān 30: 4-5). Rev. Within a circle, ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ 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 223.6. Rare. Areas of weakness and with some scratches, otherwise, fine.