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Buwayhids
Gold Dinar, AH (37)5
Sharaf al-Dawla Abu’l Faris Shirdhil, Buwayhid Amir in Kirman, Fars and Oman, AH
373-379/AD 972-983
Cf. Treadwell Um375 (silver dirham) and SICA-10, 467 (silver dirham); A V1565. Choice
Very Fine.
‘Uman (Oman) mint, as independent ruler, cited as
al-malik al-’adil/ Abu’l-Fawaris bin/ ‘Adud al-Daw-
la wa Taj/ al-Milla
; ‘Abbasid caliph al-Ta’i’ Lillah cited on reverse. Appears to be unpublished, stylis-
tically identical to the silver dirham of the same mint & date. This modern Sultanate of Oman occupies
the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula with long coastlines on the Gulf of Oman, the Persian
Gulf and the Arabian Sea. Extremely rare.
Sharaf al-Dawla (AH 373-379/ AD 972-983) was the elder son of ‘Adud al-Dawla, He inherited the
kingship of a vast area in southern Persia and across the Persian Gulf in present day Uman. Sharaf
al-Dawla’s real name was Shirdil which means “lion heart” in Persian.
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Buwayhids
Gold Dinar, AH 398
Baha’ al-Dawla Abu Nasr, Buwayhid Amir in Khuzestan, Iraq and Fars, AH 379-403/AD
989-1012
Treadwell Su398G; A 1573/ 1573A. Nearly Mint State.
Ahwaz mint, ‘Abbasid-style legends. Ruler cited as
al-malik Baha al-Dawla wa diya’ al-milla Abu
Nasr;
Reverse, additional titles
shahanshah and qiwam al-din
, followed by the name of ‘Abbasid caliph
al-Qadir.
Baha al-Dawla (AH 379-403/AD 989-1012); was the third son of ‘Adud al-Dawla. After a series of
disputes and wars with rival princes, Baha al-Dawla was able to establish himself as the ruler of a unified
empire. However, this stability did not last long. Other conflicts emerged on the horizon, signaling the
decline of the Buwayhids. Eventually the infighting between various Buwayhid princes deteriorated the
civil and military administration of the empire. Facing uprisings by both Persian and Turkish troops,
Buwayhid rule came to an end at the hands of the Great Seljuq Tughril I who conquered Baghdad in AD
1055. As an historical point of reference for these events, the capture of Jerusalem in the First Crusade
would come within four decades of the fall of the Buwayhids.