ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Great Seljuk. Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad I Tapar, AH 492-511 / AD 1099-1118. Dinar (Gold, 23 mm, 3.97 g, 5 h), Isfahan, AH 503 = AD 1109/10. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Mustazhir billah (AH 487-512 / AD 1094-1118), ‘ʿadl / lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / al-Mustaẓhir billāh’ (‘Justice. There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. al-Mustazhir billah’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Iṣfahān sana thalāth wa khamsa miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Isfahan in the year 503’ in Arabic)’. Rev. ‘Abū Shujāʿ / Muḥammad / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / al-sulṭān al-muʿaẓẓam / Ghiyāth al-Dunyā wa / al-Dīn’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. The Great Sultan, Ghiyath al-Dunya wa al-Din Abu Shujaʿ Muhammad’ 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 1683. Lightly toned. Minor areas of weakness and with some doubling, otherwise, very fine.