Item number: A2850

Year: AD 1254 (AH 652)

Material: Silver

Size: 20.0 x 19.8 x 0.9 mm

Weight: 2.85 g

Manufactured by: Aleppo, Syria

Provenance: Fuchin Coin 2020

This is a silver dirham minted in AH 652 (AD 1254) by the Ayyubid emir al-Nāṣir Yūsuf, who ruled from Aleppo as his seat of power.

Due to its age, the surface of this coin exhibits some degree of wear, though its features remain discernible. Both the obverse and reverse are adorned with hexagrams composed of double-lined borders enclosing a beaded pattern. The use of the six-pointed star in this manner is a distinctive hallmark of Ayyubid coinage design.

Within the central hexagram on the obverse of the coin are four lines of inscription arranged vertically. From top to bottom, they read: “الامام” (al-Imām, “The Imam”), “الناصر أحمد” (al-Nāṣir Aḥmad, “al-Nasir Ahmad”), “الملك العادل” (al-Malik al-ʿĀdil, “The Just King”), and “ابو بكر” (Abū Bakr, “Abu Bakr”). Surrounding the hexagram, beginning from the one o’clock position and proceeding counterclockwise, is the Islamic declaration of faith (shahāda): “لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله”, meaning “There is no deity but God; Muhammad is the Messenger of God.”

The central hexagram on the reverse of the coin contains four lines of inscription identifying the ruler’s titles and lineage. From top to bottom, the inscriptions read: “الملك” (al-Malik, “The King”), “الظاهر غازي” (al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī, “al-Zahir Ghazi”), “ابن يوسف بن” (ibn Yūsuf ibn, “son of Yusuf, son of”), and “أيوب” (Ayyūb, “Ayyub”). Encircling the hexagram, beginning from the one o’clock position and proceeding counterclockwise, is the inscription indicating the minting location and Hijri date: “Struck in Aleppo, year AH 652.”

The Ayyubid dynasty was founded in AD 1174 by one of the most prominent figures in Islamic history, Saladin, a Kurdish leader of exceptional renown. al-Nāṣir Yūsuf was Saladin’s great-grandson. In AD 1236, at the age of just seven, al-Nāṣir assumed the title of emir of Aleppo. Throughout his reign, he remained in a protracted state of conflict with the rising Mamluk Sultanate based in Egypt.

In AD 1260, faced with the advancing Mongol forces led by Hulagu Khan, who captured Aleppo, al-Nāṣir fled southward with his family to the region of Gaza. During his flight, he was betrayed by his own followers, who handed him over to Hulagu. He was ultimately executed under Mongol custody.

物件編號: A2850

年代: 公元 1254 年 (回曆 652 年)

材質: 銀

尺寸: 20.0 x 19.8 x 0.9 mm

重量: 2.85 g

製造地: 阿勒坡，敘利亞

來源: 福君錢幣 2020

這是一枚回曆652年 (公元1254年)，以阿勒坡為統治中心的阿尤布王朝埃米爾安-納賽爾·優素福鑄造的迪拉姆銀幣。

由於年代久遠，這枚錢幣的外表已有些許磨損，但尚能識別錢幣細節。錢幣的正反兩面皆以兩道線條包裹珠點的六芒星作為裝飾。六芒星的造型設計為阿尤布王朝的一大特色之一。

錢幣正面的六芒星內部有四行銘文，從上而下打印「الامام」(伊瑪目)、「الناصر أحمد」(安-納賽爾·艾哈邁德)、「الملك العادل」(賢明的國王) 和「ابو بكر」(阿布·巴克爾)。錢幣外圍從一點鐘方向按照逆時針順序，打印穆斯林熟悉的清真言禱詞「لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الل」即「萬物非主，唯有真主，穆罕默德是真主唯一的使者」。

錢幣背面的六芒星內部以四行銘文打印統治者頭銜和名諱，「الملك」(國王)、「الظاهر غازي」(扎希爾·加齊)、「ابن يوسف بن」(優素福之子) 和「أيوب」(阿尤布)。錢幣外圍則是從一點鐘方向按照逆時針順序，打印錢幣發行地點和鑄造的回曆年份「鑄造於阿勒坡，回曆652年」。

阿尤布王朝由伊斯蘭世界最為顯赫的人物，庫德人背景的薩拉丁在公元1174年所開創，安-納賽爾·優素福為薩拉丁的曾孫。公元1236年起，年僅七歲的安-納賽爾成為統治阿勒坡的埃米爾。安-納賽爾在擔任統治者期間，長期跟從埃及北上的馬木路克王朝處於戰爭的狀態。不過在公元1260年，安-納賽爾面對旭烈兀率領的蒙古大軍攻佔阿勒坡，率領妻小出逃至加薩地區。安-納賽爾在逃亡期間遭到部下背叛，將其俘虜交給旭烈兀處置最終遭到處死。