Arabia. Rasulid. al-Ashraf Isma'il I, AH 778-803 / AD 1377–1400. Dirham (Silver, 24 mm, 1.86 g, 5 h), type F, pictorial, al-Mahjam, AH 792 = AD 1389/90. Within a central square, ‘bism Allāh / al-raḥmān al-raḥīm’ (‘In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful’ in Arabic); in the four surrounding sections, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / arsalahū bi al-hudā / wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū’, continued in the margin, partly effaced, ‘ʿalā al-dīn kullih al-aʾimma raḍiya Allāh ʿanhum Abūbakr ʿUmar ʿUthmān ʿAlī’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. 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. The Imams, may Allah be pleased with them: Abubakr, ʿUmar, ʿUthman, ʿAli’ in Arabic). Rev. Within a central square, ‘al-sulṭān / al-malik al-Ashraf’, continued in the margin, partly effaced, ‘Mumahhid al-Dīn Ismāʿīl ibn al-ʿAbbās ḍuriba bi al-Mahjam sana 792’ (‘Sultan [and] King al-Ashraf Mumahhid al-Din Ismaʿil son of al-ʿAbbas. Struck in al-Mahjam, year 792’ in Arabic); four hawks in the four surrounding sections of the central square. Album 1110.6. Rare. Weakly struck as usual and with minor corrosion on the reverse, otherwise, very fine.