ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Ghaznavids. Yamin al-Dawla Abu'l-Qasim Mahmud, AH 388-421 / AD 998-1030. Dinar (Gold, 23 mm, 3.51 g, 6 h), Nishapur, AH 406 = 1015/6. Within a circle, citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Qadir billah (AH 381-422 / AD 991-1031) and his son, al-Ghalib billah as the heir to the caliphate, ‘Allāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / al-Qādir billāh / walī ʿahduhū / al-Ghālib billāh / Yamīn al-Dawla’ (‘Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Qadir billah. His successor to the covenant (i.e. heir) al-Ghalib billah. Yamin al-Dawla’ 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). Rev. ‘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, continuation of Mahmud’s titles, ‘wa Amīn / al-Milla / Abu’l-Qāsim’ (‘and Amin al-Milla Abu’l-Qāsim’ in Arabic); inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Nayshābūr sana sitta wa arbaʿa miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Nishapur in the year 406’ in Arabic); 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). Album 1606. Some cracks and doubling, otherwise, very fine.