ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Great Seljuk. Rukn al-Din Barkiyaruq, AH 486-498 / AD 1093-1105. Dinar (Gold, 26 mm, 2.53 g, 12 h), Madinat al-Salam, AH 489 = 1096. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Mustazhir billah (AH 487-512 / AD 1094-1118), ‘al-imām / lā ilāha illā Allāh / waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū / al-Mustaẓhir billāh / amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Imam al-Mustazhir billah, Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic); inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Madīnat al-Salām sana tisʿ wa thamānīn wa arbaʿa miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Madinat al-Salam in the year 489’ 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). Rev. ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / ṣalla Allāh ʿalayh / Aḍud al-Dawla / al-Qāhira / Barkiyāruq’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. May Allah bless him. Adud al-Dawla al-Qahira Barkiyaruq’ in Arabic); citing the caliphal heir apparent ʿUmdat al-Din Abu Mansur to right and left, ‘ʿUmdat al-Dīn – Abū Manṣūr’ (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 1682.1. Bent and wavy flan, otherwise, very fine.