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Great Seljuqs
Gold Dinar (2.55g), AH 503
Muhammad I, Great Seljuq Sultan, AH 492-511/AD 1099-1118
Jafar S.MS.503A; A 1683. Extremely Fine.
Madinat al-Salam (Baghdad) mint, citing Muhammad with title Ghiyath al-Din, also the ‘Abbasid caliph
al-Mustazhir and heir ‘Uddat al-Din Abu Mansur (the future caliph al-Mustarshid).
281
Seljuqs of Iraq and Western Iran
Gold Dinar (4.49g), AH 514
Mahmud II, Seljuq Sultan, AH 511-525/AD 1118-1131
Jafar S.MS.514C (obverse)/ 514B (reverse); A 1688. Very Fine.
Madinat al-Salam (Baghdad) mint, citing Mahmud with title Mughith al-Din, the ‘Abbasid caliph
al-Mustarshid, as heir, Abu’l Ja’far ‘Uddat al-Din (the future caliph al-Rashid) and as overlord, the
Great Seljuq sultan Mu’izz al-Din Sanjar.
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Seljuqs of Iraq and Western Iran
Gold Dinar (1.83g), AH 526
Tughril II, Seljuq Sultan, AH 526-529/AD 1132-1134
A 1690A. Very Fine.
Isfahan mint, citing the ‘Abbasid caliph al-Mustarshid. Tughril’s Great Seljuq overlord Mu’izz al-Din
Sanjar is given the title al-sultan al-’azam (“supreme sultan”). Tughril is named Rukn al-Dunya wa al-
Din Abu Talib and cited with lesser title al-sultan al-mu’azzam (“great sultan”). Extremely rare. One of
only two coins known for Tughril II from Isfahan.