ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Mawsil). Nasir al-Din Mahmud, AH 616-631 / AD 1219-1234. Dinar (Gold, 31 mm, 6.87 g, 1 h), al-Mawsil, AH 622 = 1225/6. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Nasir li-din Allah (AH 575-622 / AD 1180-1225), ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū / al-Nāṣir li-dīn Allāh / amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. al-Nasir li-din Allah, Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic); citing the heir to the caliphate around, ‘ʿUddat al-Dunyā – wa al-Dīn Abū – Naṣr Muḥammad’ (‘ʿUddat al-Dunya wa al-Din Abu Nasr Muhammad’ in Arabic); inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi al-Mawṣil sana ithnayn wa ʿishrīn wa sitta miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in al-Mawsil in the year 622’ 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. ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / ṣalla Allāh ʿalayh / Nāṣir al-Dunyā wa al-Dīn / Atābak Maḥmūd’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. May Allah bless him. Nasir al-Dunya wa al-Din Atabek Mahmud’ in Arabic); citing the Ayyubid overlords al-Ashraf Musa (AH 607-617 / AD 1210-1220) and al-Kamil Muhammad (AH 615-635 / AD 1218-1238) around; to right and left, ‘al-malik – al-Ashraf’ (‘King al-Ashraf’ in Arabic); below and above, ‘al-malik – al-Kāmil’ (‘King al-Kamil’ in Arabic). Album 1869. Wavy flan and some scratches, otherwise, very fine.