ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Qarakhanids (Local rulers). Husam al-Din Ulugh Toghan, circa AH 602 / AD 1205. Dirham (Bronze, 39 mm, 10.61 g, 2 h), Husami type, Marghinan, AH 602 = AD 1205. Within a quatrefoil pattern, ‘lā ilāha i/llā Allāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic); the last ‘Allāh’ is written in the centre; in the margin, mint and date formula of which ‘… bi Marghīnān sana ithnā wa sitta miʾa’ (‘… in Marghinan in the year 602’ in Arabic) is legible. Rev. Within a circle, ‘ḥusāmī / al-khāqān al-ʿādil / Ḥusām al-Dunyā wa / al-Dīn Qutlugh Ṭughān / Khāqān’ (‘Husami. The Just Khaqan, Husam al-Dunya wa al-Din Qutlugh Tughan Khaqan’ in Arabic); in the margin, repetition of the mint and date formula. Album 3424. Very rare. Deposits and with scratches, otherwise, very fine.