ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Great Seljuk. Jalal al-Dawlah Malikshah I, AH 465-485 / AD 1072-1092. Dinar (Gold, 23 mm, 4.33 g, 5 h), Nishapur, AH 478 = AD 1085/6. Within a circle, citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Muqtadi bi amr Allah (AH 467-487 / AD 1075-1094), ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / al-Muqtadī bi amr Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. al-Muqtadi bi amr Allah’ in Arabic); inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Nayshābūr sana thamān wa sabʿīn wa arbaʿa miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Nishapur in the year 478’ in Arabic); outer margin, very weak traces of ‘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. Within a circle, ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / al-sulṭān al-muʿaẓẓam / Rukn al-Islām / Abu’l-Fatḥ Malikshāh / ibn Muḥammad’ (‘For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. The great sultan, Rukn al-Islam Abu’l-Fath Malikshah son of Muhammad’ in Arabic); in the margin, very weak 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 1674. Areas of weakness and with minor scratches, otherwise, very fine.