ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Great Seljuk. Mu'izz al-Din Ahmad Sanjar, as viceroy under Barkiyaruq, AH 490-492 / AD 1097-1098. Dinar (Gold, 23 mm, 3.88 g, 11 h), Nishapur, AH 490 = AD 1097. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Mustazhir billah (AH 487-512 / AD 1094-1118), ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / al-imām al-Mustaẓhir / billāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Imam al-Mustazhir billah’ in Arabic); inner margin, ‘bism Allāh [ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Nay]shābūr sana tisʿīn wa arbaʿa miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Nishapur in the year 490’ 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. ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / al-sulṭān al-muʿaẓẓam / shāhānshāh Barkiyāruq / al-malik ʿAḍud al-Dawla / Sanjar ibn Malikshāh’ (‘For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. The Great Sultan, King of Kings, Barkiyaruq. King ʿAdud al-Dawla Sanjar son of Malikshah’ in Arabic); in the margin, 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 1684.1. Rare. Areas of weakness and with a few nicks, otherwise, good very fine.