ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Saffarids. Tahir ibn Muhammad, AH 288-296 / AD 901-908. Dirham (Silver, 27 mm, 2.66 g, 9 h), Fars, AH 290 = 902/3. ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / Ṭāhir ibn Muḥammad’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Tahir ibn Muhammad’ in Arabic); in the inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Fārs sana tisʿīn wa miʾatayn’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Fars in the year 290’ in Arabic); in the outer 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. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Muktafi billah (AH 289-295 / AD 902-908), ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / al-Muktafī billāh’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Muktafi billah’ in Arabic); in the margin, traces of ‘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 1404. Rare. Struck from worn dies and pierced, otherwise, very fine.