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Tyrants of the Tigris & euphrates
335
Ottoman Empire
Gold Sultani, AH 1078
Mehmet IV, Ottoman Sultan, AH 1058-1099/AD 1648-1687
Pere 449; A 1383N. Very Fine.
Tarablus Gharb (Tripoli, Libya) mint.
Sultan Mehmet bin Ibrahim khan ‘azza nasruhu
, date and mint
below; Reverse,
darib al-nadr wa sahib al-’izz al-nasr fi’l birr wa’l-bahr
“the striker of precious metal,
and master of glory, the victorious on land and sea”. Tarablus Gharb (“Tripoli West”) is an ancient city
and the modern capital of Libya in North Africa. The appellation “Gharb” served to distinguish Tripoli
“West” from Tripoli in Lebanon, which had been an Ottoman mint in the 16th century.
336
Ottoman Empire
Gold Sultani (Sherifi Altin), AH 1099
Suleyman II, Ottoman Sultan, AH 1099-1102/AD 1687-1691
Pere 463; KM 99. Very Fine.
Qustantiniyah (Constantinople) mint.
Sultan Sulayman bin Ibrahim khan ‘azza nasruhu
, mint and date
below; Reverse,
sultan al-birrayn wa khaqan al-bahrayn al-sultan bin al-sultan
“sultan of the two lands
and khaqan of the two seas, the sultan, son of the sultan”. The “two lands” allude to Asia and Europe,
separated at Constantinople by the Bosporus. The “two seas” are the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.
Ex St. James Auctions 34, 21 September 2015, lot 678, described as “”extremely rare” and “missing
from the comprehensive Landon Thomas Collection sold by Künker, sale 210 in June 2012”.