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Names and Titles on Islamic Coins

Michael L. Bates
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This document is unfinished, and never will be. my old file cards into this document. I also add new function to look for names.
Originally, I began a simple 3x5 card file of names material as I encounter it in my research.
found on Islamic coins, to avoid some of the This resource was created for difficult and
frustration of researching a name to identify or At the beginning, I used formal Library of Congress uncommon names. The names of well-known rulers
attribute a coin, and then have to repeat the process Arabic transcription for the names, but that was a bad who used minimal titulature, such as the Aghlabids,
months or years later when I encountered the same decision. The transcriptions were hard to search and Mamluks, or Ottomans, are mostly not here.
name on another example or a different coin. Often, hard to transfer into different contexts outside
complicated medieval nomenclature gave rise to WordPerfect. I have therefore eliminated If a name is not found:
several cards to cross index the names and titles of transliteration from the main table and added a
the same individual. This file was augmented over second table at the end listing the names of persons 1. Use another resource. The ANS catalog on-line,
the years to fill two standard 3x5 drawers, perhaps and places along with the strict transliteration, and with its keyword search feature, may well lead to the
1,500 entries. sometimes comments. description of a coin containing the name in question.
The index to Bosworth, New Islamic Dynasties,
Then came the computer. After a while, it became In many ways, Arabic would be the best language for might well help, as will the index to Zambaur,
obvious that the data should be computerized for a compilation like this. The original card file enabled Genealogie.
quick searching. I was not familar with data bases, me to write in Arabic and other languages on the
except very limited ones that could not handle the same card; the cards themselves were headed by the 2. Let me know, e-mail Tiesenhausen at gmail.com.
free form complexity of Islamic names, and still less Arabic name and arranged in Arabic alphabetical The name may have been recorded on a file card still
with spreadsheets, but I'd become expert at working order. The persistent difficulty in writing in two not transcribed into this document, or I may have
in WordPerfect tables (a kind of spreadsheet, filled different languages and alphabets in the same access to another resource.
by normal word processor methods), leading to the document, espcially using two scripts so
creation of the present document which will be fundamentally different in their writing as Arabic and If you find omissions or mistakes in this document,
distributed in PDF form. Roman, keeps me from incorporating Arabic into this let me know using e-mail Tiesenhausen at
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Laqab Kunya Ism Nasab Nisba Dynasty Place Dates Remarks


al-Bakri Umayyad of Spain coins of cf. CUS p. 57 no. 11
official 401,
402(?)
terminal words and phrases
... al-`Adl see al-Amir al-`Adl,
al-Malik al-`Adl, Muhiy
al-`Adl, Malik al-`Adl,
Muayyad al-`Adl,
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... Amir e.g., Barahin, Burhan,
al-Muminin mawla, Mugith, Nasir,
Qasim Amir
al-Muminin
... al-Jalil see al-Hajib al-Jalil
...al-Islam for example, Malik,
wa'l-Muslimin Nasir...
...al-Islam for example, Rukn al-I.,
Mu`izz, Malik, Nusra,
Sultan al-I.
...al-Sa`id see al-Malik al-Sa`id
...al-Salam see Sultan al-Salam,
perhaps a mistake for
Sultan al-Islam
...al-Salatin see Sayyid al-Salatin,
Mawla al-Salatin; also
al-Salatin al-A`azim
...al-Sharq see Malik Umara'
wa'l-Gharb al-Sharq wa'l-Gharb
li-Al Rasul Allah Layla b. Nu`man,
al-Muntasir...
...li-`Izaz Din Allah see al-Zahir
...lillah see al-Shakir, al-Tai`,
al-Muttaqi, al-Muti`. Etc.
titles without isms
Badisha, Badishah Search Padisha(h).f
`Izz bi-Haqq
wa'l-Din
al-Amir bi-Ahkam Fatimid caliph
Allah

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al-Ghalib billah first wali `ahd for on coins of Ghaznavids
al-Qadir, did not as Wali `Ahdihi
become caliph al-Ghalib billah, and
Marwanids
al-Imam `Abd Allah See Tawfiq Ibrahim, al-Imam `Abd Allah on coins
of al-Andalus and al-Maghrib al-Aqsa (2015) for a
discussion of this titular phrase by itself in the
4th-5th centuries.
Nasir Din Allah unidentified coin in ANS
uncertain Abbasid AE
tray
...li-al rasul Allah see al-Muntasir li-al
rasul Allah
Nusrat al-Islam On a very thin dinar,
mint and date illegible,
with al-Mustarshid, to
the left and right of the
obverse field; probably
his successor? Seen in
trade 1/73
Qadr al-Dawla Abhar mint 404 unidentified, perhaps
misread
al-Sultan Tughril beg was the first
to use the title al-Sultan
on coins, at Rayy, 438,
according to Lowick,
Najahids, pp. 549-50,
citing NHR p. 198.
It also appears on coins
of Zabid, 437/9 and 440.
al-Sultan al-Malik... Used consistently only by the Mamluks and Rasulids; rarely by Aq
Quyunlu, Ayyubid, Qara Quyunlu, Shaybanid, Timurid?

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al-Sultan Mustarid, with dad, is
al-Mu`azzam quite uncertain; on a
al-Mustarid dinar of the 5th/11th or
...al-Malik 6/12th century, ANS
1973.
al-Salatin al-A`azim Rum Seljuq Siwas 653 "The Greatest Sultans,"
used for the three Rum
Seljuk brothers on AR
Siwas, 653, e.g. BMCOr
III, 260
al-Sayyid Abu Talib al-Hawsam xx5 on a dirham with
al-Mustansir li-Din unknown amir ...il b.
Allah Arkan(?)
al-Mansur bi-Fadl
Allah
al-Wathiq bi-Malik
al-Diyar
al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr
Allah
al-Wathiq
bi-`Awadh Allah
al-Wathiq bi-Fadl
Allah
al-Wathiq
bi'l-Samad
Badsha [sic, without Qarakhan Sughd on AR, Bukhara 393, BM II, 432
final h]

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Bahadir Khan Jalair
Qara Quyunlu
Aq Quyunlu
Shaybanid
Khiva Khan
Timurid
Janid
Khuqand Khan
Bahadir Aq Quyunlu
Jalair
Qara Quyunlu
Timurid
Shaybanid
Barahin Amir collective title of the three sons of
al-Mu'minin Kaykhusru II, AR Siwas 653, BM III,
260
Falak al-Ma`ali see 3x5
al-Murtadi li-amr
Allah
al-Imam al-Mamun unidentified figure on coin of
Balansiyya(?), 459; Miles, MaT no.
524
Shams al-Ma`ali see 3x5
Sharaf al-Din Zaydi imam Yemen d. 1074 on coin of San`a
Sharaf al-Din Amir of Bitlis father of Badr al-Din
`Uddat al-Din title of three Abbasid wali al-`ahds: al-Rashid b.
al-Mustarshid; al-Muqtadi b. al-Dhakira b.
al-Qaim; al-Zahir b. al-Nasir
wali `ahd Abbasid Only al-Mahdi, al-Hadi, al-Amin, al-Mamun and
al-muslimin al-Ghalib are recorded on coins with this title,
during their fathers or brothers reign as
designated successors to the caliphate. It is also
used by a Hudid, Muhammad b. Muhammad.

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wali wali `ahd Abbasid `Abd Allah al-Mamun, as designated successor of
al-muslimin his brother the designated successor to the
caliphate, in the last years of al-Rashids reign;
the only use of this formula by anyone; on eastern
coins 189-90 (and more?).
kunyas without isms
Abu Dulaf not a Dulafid Album to Miles, 23/12/72, p. 2 no.
21: "A certain Abu Dulaf, ... with
Muhadhdhab al-Dawla, on a coin of
Basra, 388, I think is the date." cf.
`Ali b. Nasr
cf. the Buyid Abu Dulaf b. Majd
al-Dawla, Zambaur, Table Q
Abu Ibrahim on AR xx with
al-Muntasir [not the
Abbasid] and Abu
Ja`far; see card with
al-Muntasir the
Abbasid
al-Qaim Abu Ja`far Abbasid on Isbahan 213, with Isa
b. Mansur
`Umdat al-Din Abu Mansur Abbasid later al-Mustarshid; as heir on M.
al-Mustarshid al-Salam, 510-11, with others
Abu Marwan see al-Ma`sum billah
Abu Nasr Samanid official? see NZ 1871, p. 185
Abu `Abd Allah A common kunya for
Muhammad.
Abu `Ali A common kunya for
al-Hasan.
al-Isbahbud Abu `Ali questioned
Abu `Isa see Ibn Abi `Isa

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Qiwam al-Dawla Abu-Fawaris b. Firuz Buyid Kirman 403-19 power extended
elsewhere at times;
qiwami dinars named for
him.
Abu'l-Harith see Abu'l-Harith
Abu'l-Khayj see Abhar mint, 404 H.
Abu'l-Muzaffar Abu'l-Muzaffar is a frequent
formalistic kunya in late medieval
times; for example, nearly all Aq
Qoyunlu seem to have it as their
kunya.
al-Muqtafi li-amr Abu'l-`Abbas Abbasid
Allah
nasab without ism
al-Amir al-Sayyid, Abu Tahir b. `Ali Buyid Hamadan, Abu Tahir may be,
al-Malik al-Sayyid, 387-412; properly, his ism, like
Malik al-Muluk Rayy, 397; Abu Bakr etc.
Shams al-Dawla Asadabad,
wa-Sharaf al-Umma 409; Karaj,
al-Malik al-`Adl 408
b. al-Qusi Abbasid official? cf. NZ 1871 p. 175 #60
al-Rashid Abu Ja`far b. al-Mustarshid Abbasid caliph Title is al-Raashid, not to be
confused with al-Rashiid.
Dhakhirat al-Din Abu'l-Hasan b. al-Mustazhir Abbasid d. 525 on M. al-Salam, 510-11,
with others
al-Malik al-`Adil Abu Shuja` b. Firuz Buyid Iraq, Fars 403-12 son of Baha' al-Dawla;
Shahanshah `Imad Zambaur indicates he
al-Din wa-Sultan was amir al-umara'
al-Dawla wa-`Izz
al-Milla
wa-Mughith
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b. Humayd AE attributed to Kanka, Abbasid
period.
b. Khalaf on coins of al-Andalus, 405, with
Sulayman b. al-Hakam; cf. Prieto p.
107 #29-30
b. Khalid cf. AE ANS 1xx mint? al-Amir... b.
Khalid
b. Khazim on Arminiyya, 167-68 (reading?);
also on Sijistan 172-73; probably
`Uthman b. `Umar b. Khuzaym(a)
al-Mutawakkil `ala Abu Ishaq b. Mahmud Inchu'id Cf. BM VI, p. 275.
Allah
Badr al-Din b. Sharaf al-Din Bitlis Amir Bitlis On typical Bitlis AR, but
unpublished with these names; sent
for attribution early 1973 by
Holberton.
b. Sinan? Jayy 158 difficult reading, on Jayy
158
b. Taraka Abbasid official Zaranj 183-85 Hafs b. `Umar b. Tarka,
governor in Zaranj for
`Isa, son of Ali b. Isa b.
Mahan; see Zaranj mint
record, 183, and
DeShazo note.
Banu Tashfin Murabit successors 540's See Qurtuba, Gharnata
in 540's.
Ibn `Abbas Umayyad of Spain on coins of Hisham II 402, 403; CUS
p. 70
Ibn `Abd al-Rahim `Amirid unknown figure with `Abd al-`Aziz;
perhaps error for Ibn `Abd
al-Rahman = `Abd al-`Aziz himself
Ibn `Abd cf. Ibn `Abd al-Rahim and `Abd
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Ibn `Ali see Muhammad b. `Ali, Murabit
successor
Ibn Abi Nasr cf. Sulayman b. Yusuf
Ibn Abi `Isa Tulunid or Abbasid Tarsus 278 cf. Stern, JAOS 1960,
governor? 220 & n. 21; AE in
Tarsus Abbasid tray
Ibn Aghlab `Amirid on certain Amirid coins of Valencia
and al-Mariya; cf. Miles; cf. Prieto
120-21
Ibn al-Furat see Abbasid wazirs Ali b.
Muhammad, al-Fadl b. Ja`far b.
Muhammad
Ibn al-Ikhshid Abbasid Tarsus 285-87 cf. Stern JAOS 1960 p.
221 & n. 30; cf. RIC
108, in Abbasid Tarsus.
This would have been a
prince of the royal
family of Farghana in
Abbasid service.
Ibn al-Khulafa Marinid see Ahmad b. Ibrahim
al-Rashidin
Ibn Amir see Nasrid Yusuf,
al-Muslimin 733-55
Ibn Fakhr al-Dawla see Buyid Rustam b. `Ali
Ibn Hallaj Buyid governor governor of `Uman mentioned by Ibn
al-Athir; perhaps = Hallaj b. Hatim
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Ibn Hammam unknown figure of post-Umayyad
Spain, on AV and AV/x; Prieto
#40-42 & p. 107; also simply
Hammam and HMM; 421-22 with
al-Mu`tadid Hisham, 422-28 with
al-Mu'ayyad Hisham; name has been
read Ibn Tamam.
`Awn al-Dawla Ibn Hubayra Abbasid wazir
Ibn Hud see Hudids
Ibn Hudayr Umayyad of Spain 404 on a coin of Sulayman,
cf. CUS p. 62; possibly
= Hudayr
Ibn Juhayr 3 Abbasid wazirs and 1 Seljuq: see
Fakhr al-Dawla, `Amid al-Dawla,
Qiwam al-Dawla, and al-Kafi.
Ibn Justan cf. 1927 Vasmer 166-68
Ibn Kakwayh see Muhammad b. Dushmanzar
Ibn Khazim see Khazima b. Hazim
Ibn Khwarizmshah Takash b. Il-Arslan
Ibn Mahfuz Amir al-Gharb see Musa b. Muhammad
Ibn Masiki see Ibn Mishaki
Ibn Maslama Umayyad of Spain al-Andalus 400 on AV & AR with
Sulayman & Hisham; cf.
CUS p. 79; Prieto 16-18
Ibn Mishaki Sallarid general; 1927 Vasmer p. 174; also
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Ibn Najba `Amirid up to 440 on coins of `Abd
al-`Aziz b. `Abd
al-Rahman; also as
Najba; cf. Prieto, p. 120;
Miles # 162 ff.; Vives
"Ibn Yahya" (1387-88)
is this name
Ibn Rasul Allah Ibrahim b. Musa b. Ja`far, Yemen,
200-01
al-Kawkabi, Qazwin, 251-53
al-Hadi ila al-Haqq, Yemen, 288, 298
ff.
Ibn Shahid Umayyad of Spain uncertain; on coins of 390(?), 400,
404; cf. Shuhayd; cf. CUS pp. 66-67
Ibn Sulayman Hammudid on coins of Yahya b. Ali, 423; may =
Qasim b. Sulayman
Ibn Tamam so Vives; but Prieto reads Ibn
Hamam, q.v.
Ibn Yahya see Ibn Najba
Ibn Yahya Abbasid official AE P.1665, with Muhammad b. Fa'iq
Abu `Amr `Abbad b. Muhammad `Abbadid
`Abd al-A`la b. `Iyad
Abu'l-Ghazi `Abd al-Amin Shaybanid
al-Mustansir billah Abu Faris `Abd al-`Aziz b. Ahmad Marinid
al-Mutawakkil `ala `Abd al-`Aziz b. Ahmad Hafsid
Allah
`Abd al-Hamd b. Ja`far Abbasid official Rayy 139, 141 An error. The fathers
name is Yahya
`Abd al-Hamid b. Yahya An early and correct
reading of the name on
coins of Rayy, 139-41.

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`Abd al-Karim Abbasid official Hims nd As agent for `Abd Allah
b. Salih
Abu'l-Ghazi `Abd al-Latif Shaybanid
`Abd al-Malik b. Radi Tortosa on coins with Muqatil
a;-Muzaffar `Abd al-Malik b. `Abd al-`Aziz `Amirid Valencia 453-57 named with Ibn Aghlab,
al-Zafir.
`Abd al-Malik b.`Ida Qurtuba 392-98 mint master for
Umayyad caliphs; cf.
CUS p. 73. Son of `Isa b.
Sa`id. Said to be on Fas,
400, dirham, but very
doubtful
al-Muzaffar billah `Abd al-Malik b. Muhammad b. `Amirid 392-99 Amirid wazir of
Sayf al-Dawla `Abd Allah Umayyad caliphs, with
al-Haijb title al-Hajib 392-99. Cf.
His father.
al-Malik `Abd al-Malik b. Nuh Samanid 343-50 head of family. Title
al-Muwaffaq al-Malik al-Muwaffaq
on Bukhara, 349, AE
(BM II, 391).
al-Amir Abul-`Awn `Abd al-Malik b. Yazid Abbasid official Misr, 133; Bukhara, 160 AE Misr, 133 (Miles,
EIBCE 9); AE Bukhara,
160; see Arab Glass
Weights, pp. 105-06.
Abu Muhammad `Abd al-Mu'min b. `Ali Muwahhid
Abu'l-Ghazi `Abd al-Mu'minin Shaybanid
al-Imam, Shams `Abd al-Nabi b. al-Mahdi Zabid, 566-67. `Abd al-Nabi did not name himself, but used only the
Shari`a al-Islam extraordinary title al-Imam Shams Shari`at al-Islam, The Imam, Sun of
the Law of Islam. Probably the first word, by itself above the field,
applies not to him, but to an unnamed Shi`i imam, because the slogan
`Ali wali Allah also appears on the coinage.

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`Abd al-Rahman Abbasid official Nihawand 158 so attributed by
Shamma, CAAC, 201-02
no. 3, but probably an
error for Nihawand 154
issue (cites Tiesenhausen
835, which is 154 and
does not have `Abd
al-Rahman). There is no
`Abd al-Rahman with
this date in
Tiesenhausen.
al-Mutawakkil `ala Abu Zayd `Abd al-Rahman b. `Ali Marrakush, Marinid
Allah
`Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad Abbasid governor AE mint x, 182, with
al-Amir Muhammad,
Tiesenhausen 1335.
al-Mutawakkil `ala `Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad Ziyanid
Allah
al-Mutawakkil `ala `Abd al-Rahman b. Musa Ziyanid
Allah
`Abd al-Rahman b. Muslim Abbasid magnate Better known as Abu
Muslim, the leader of the
Abbasid revolution.
`Izz al-Dawla Abu Mansur `Abd al-Rashid b. Mahmud Ghaznavid
Abu'l-Qasim `Abd al-Samad b. Muhammad Abbasid
`Abd al-Wahhab Rustamid on AE, Tahart, undated
Abu Muhammad `Abd al-Wahid b. Idris Muwahhid
al-Mutawakkil `ala `Abd al-Wahid b. Musa Ziyanid
Allah
Abu Malik `Abd al-Wahid b. Musa Ziyanid
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al-Musta`sim billah Abu Ahmad `Abd Allah b. al-Mustansir Abbasid caliph He is the only sovereign
al-Mansur 640-56 to use this title.
`Abd Allah Abbasid official Nihawand 168? on AE so attributed
Abu Muhammad `Abd Allah Hasani Sharif 965-81
Abu Muhammad `Abd Allah unknown
post-Muwahhid?
al-Mutawakkil `ala `Abd Allah Abbasid caliph in Yemen? Probably al-Mutawakkil I of Egypt,
Allah Cairo? 763-808 (3 reigns), named on coins
with Sharaf al-Din (= al-Ashraf
Isma`il, the Rasulid?). ANS has 10
examples. Both sides within
elaborate cartouche.
al-Mustakfi billah Abu'l-Hasan `Abd Allah b. `Ali Abbasid caliph, used title al-Mahdi al-Haqq 334 H;
333-34 see card for him as Abd Allah in my
3x5.
`Abd Allah b. Aghlab Mallorca cf. Ibn Aghlab
al-Qaim bi-amr Abu Ja`far `Abd Allah b. Ahmad Abbasid caliph 422-467 son of al-Qadir
Allah 422 Nisabur: appears
with al-Qadir as wali
`ahdihi al-Qain bi-amr
Allah
Abu'l-Fadl `Abd Allah b. Ahmad Abbasid successor
`Abd Allah b. Bakr Samanid official or Marw? 350 See mint record.
rebel
Wali al-Imam `Abd Allah b. Bishr governor for Rassid San`a 298 on a very rare dinar
Zaydi al-Hadi and variety (2) with al-Hadi.
for the Yu`furids He is Abul-`Atahiyya
`Abd Allah b. Bishr b.
Tarif al-Rwyany.
Abu Muhammad `Abd Allah b. Bulukkin Zirid

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`Abd Allah b. Dinar Abbasid governor Syria ca. 234 minted at Sur, alone and
with Bugha; see also his
father Dinar b. `Abd
All~h. Also
Tiesenhausen 2557,
wrongly identified.
`Abd Allah b. Humayd On AE P.1662, with al-Mutawakkil
(without title extension), Sa`id, and
`ala yaday `Abd Allah [b. Humayd].
Presumably the fathers name is
taken from another example. See
Abd Allah.bio in notes for possible
identifications.
`Abd Allah b. Humayd Abbasid on AE Hims nd with `Amr b. Isa.
But Ilisch 15 doubts the reading. See
mint record and Abd Allah.bio.wpd.
`Abd Allah b. Humayd was a high
official of al-Amn.
Abu'l-Ghazi `Abd Allah b. Iskandar Shaybanid
`Abd Allah b. Khurdadhbih Abbasid governor Tabaristan 201 Malek, Dabuyids, type
221; cites Tabari (no
page). Ancestor of the
geographer.
al-Amir `Abd Allah b. Muhammad Abbasid official Dabil 154 See Vasmer, Statthalter,
27 for unique fals.
al-Wathiq Abu Faris `Abd Allah b. Muhammad Hasani Sharif
`Abd Allah b. Mus`ab Abbasid official San`a 180
`Abd Allah b. al-Musayyib Abbasid official Shiraz 192 Miles, Istakhr 522-52.
`Abd Allah b. Sa`id Abbasid official Yamama 168 With al-Mahdi. See
Lowick 581.
Same as later
al-Harashi?

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`Abd Allah b. Sa`id al-Harashi Abbasid governor Ludd Ludd, 185 On AE 185. See Ilisch
TPWRSTA Tabaristan 1993 no. 217, identified
N , 151 PYE as al-Harashi. Governor
= 186 H of Tabaristan 185-87,
see Tabaristan mint
record, 151 PYE..
`Abd Allah b. Salih Abbasid governor Hims nd with `Abd al-Karim
Ilisch 14
`Abd Allah b. `Umar no mint AE 131
`Abd Allah b. Yazid see AA b. Humayd
`Abd Allah b. Zayd see AA b. Humayd
`Abd Allah b. Salih See Ibrahim b. Salih.
Ibrahim
`Abduh b. Qudayd Abbasid official Bukhara 160 on AE, as `amil
`Ali Abbasid official Marw, 180-91 `Al b. `s~ b. M~h~n,
Zaranj, governor of Khurasan.
Sijistan,
etc.
`Ali on no mint AV, 223, with al-A`la
(perhaps `Ali al-A`la)
Sayf al-Dawla Abu'l-Hasan `Ali b. `Abd Allah Hamdanid Iraq, Jazira, 33
Syria
al-Mutawakkil `ala `Ali b. `Abd al-`Aziz Hafsid
Allah
Sayf al-Din `Ali b. `Umar Barbak on coins of Seljuk Muhammad
Dhu'l-Qalamayn `Ali b. Abi Sa`id cousin of al-Fadl b. Sahl; see Dhu'l-
titles in TITLES. Dhu'l-`Alamayn is
an error.
al-Amir al-Sayyid Abu'l-Hasan `Ali b. al-Hasan Buyid son of Rukn al-Dawla
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Janah al-Dawla `Ali b. al-Musayyab `Uqaylid Nasibin, 385-90 Album 754.1-2, 756
Mawsil
`Ali b. Baraka Abbasid official Sistan 183-85 Incorrect identification
by Lane-Poole, BMCOr
I, 177-78, of `Ali and b.
Taraka, two separate
names.
Abu'l-Hasan `Ali b. Buyeh Buyid
`Ali b. `Isa Abbasid official Harat 188 Probably Ali b. Isa b.
Mahan. The AE of Harat
has been attributed to
Marw more than once,
erroneously.
`Ali b. Ja`far Abbasid era on Lemberg mystery
dirham
Abu'l-Hasan `Ali b. Muhammad b. Abbasid wazir 296-99, (d. 312); named on
al-Furat 304-06, Urmiyya, 298, as
311-12 Abu'l-Hasan al-Wazir;
aka Ibn al-Furat I
Nasir Amir `Ali b. Muhammad Sulayhid Zabid 437, 440
al--Muminin
`Ali b. Musa al-Lashkari
Abu'l-Hasan `Ali b. Nasr Batiha
Abu'l-Hasan `Ali b. Sa`d Nasrid
Sharaf al-Din `Ali b. Shahriyar Bawandid
`Amr b. `Isa Abbasid governor On AE Hims, n.d., with `Abd Allah
b. Humayd (or Yazid). See mint file.
Ca. 200? Ilisch Hims 15.
`Amr b. Mas`ada Abbasid governor on Suq al-Ahwaz, 210. See Amr.bio.

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`Askar b. Rustam Abbasid governor? al-Mubarak 176-77, The name is written
a (Maghrib) 179-80 misleadingly above and
below the reverse field
Rustam / `Askar b. Cf.
`Askar b. Salm, Rustam.
`Askar b. Salm Abbasid governor al-Mubarak ca. Cf. BMIAE no. 142;
a (Maghrib) 180-205? Paris 1610;
Tiesenhausen 1290. This
seems plausibly an
erroneous reading of
`Askar b. Rustam, the
stm being read as slm.
`Aziz b. `Abd Allah b. Abbasid era rebel Sistan ca. 310-11 rebel in Sijistan; see his
Ahmad father in 3x5.
`Imran b. Salih Abbasid official Rayy 143, 144 `amil of al-Mahdi
see Khurasani
revolutionaries
`Isa Abbasid governor al-`Abbasi 171, 172 171 with Yazid
yya alone
`Isa mawla Amir Abbasid/Tahirid [Harran] `Isa b. Muhammad b.
al-Muminin governor 200 Abi Khalid
al-Marwarudhi, an amir
of Tahir. See mint and
date.
`Isa Below reverse on Abbasid AE: likely to be `Amr
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`Isa b. Aban Abbasid official al-Rafiqa 181, 183 On AE with Harun as
caliph. Probably son of
Aban b. Sadaqa, wazir of
Harun as prince. See
Damascus 183 for
citation, identification,
and references. Died 220
or 221. See Ilisch, "Kup-
ferprgungen Nordmeso-
potamiens," p. 108 no. 4
al-Malik `Isa b. Abi Bakr Ayyubid Son of al-`Adil Abu
al-Mu`azzam Sharaf Bakr.
al-Din
al-Sultan al-`Adil `Isa b. Daud Artuqid Mardin 778-809 Son of al-Muzaffar
al-Malik al-Zahir on coins Daud. See Zambaur.
Majd al-Din of Amid,
ca. 749
(NBS III,
pp.
31-32).
`Isa b. Mansur Abbasid governor Egypt 215-17, undated AE coins with
229-33 Abu Ishaq.
al-Amir `Isa b. Muhammad b. al-Ma'muni Abbasid governor on AE See isa.bio.
Abi Khalid Irminiyya,
205, et al.
`Iyad See Wazaza, 172 & Album new list
(SAN) p. 28 (now Tbingen);
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al-Amir ... `Ubayd Allah b. al-Mahdi Abbasid Armenia, 172-75 son of al-Mahdi, brother
b. Amir Muhammad Egypt, 179-80 of al-Hadi and al-Rashid;
al-Muminin Arran 182 governor of Armenia,
172-75; Irminiyya AR,
174-75: mimma amara
bihi al-Amir `Ubayd
Allah b. Amir
al-Muminin. Gov. of
Egypt, 179-80, but not
named on coins.
182: Arran AR, `Ubayd
Allah b. al-Mahdi
`Umar Amir of Crete 326 on AR nm nd with
al-Radi and Ahmad: see
Ahmad, Amir of Crete
`Umar Abbasid official Shu`ayb and `Umar on
AE, Paris 1657.
`Umar b. `Isa Perhaps `Amr b. `Isa, on
undated Hims AE
Abu Hafs `Umar b. Ishaq Muwahhid
al-Mutawakkil `ala `Umar b. Muhammad b. Aftasid
Allah Majd `Abd Allah
al-Dawla
`Umar b. Shurayk Umayyad official On an Arab-Sasanian AE
of ST mint. The
inscription certainly
begins li-`Umar; the
other name is Shurayk;
but there is actually no
trace of bn.
`Umara b. Humayd Abbasid official Dimashq 200 AR, with al-Khalifa
al-Imam al-Mamun;
mint name Jund
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`Uthman Abbasid official Bukhara 193 Probably same official as
represented by truncated
`ayn before and after this
date.
Al-Mustansir billah Abu Sa`id `Uthman b. Ahmad n Marinid
`Uthman b. Ishaq Abbasid official For AE, see unidentified
coin images
al-Mutawakkil `ala `Uthman b. Muhammad Hafsid
Allah
Baha' al-Din Abu'l-Nasr `Uthman b. Qutluq Aq Quyunlu
Abu Sa`id `Uthman b. Ya`qub Marinid
Abu'l-Fath `Uthman b. Yusuf Ayyubid
Aban b. al-Walid caliphal official name occurs on fals
reverse with crude
Sasanoid bust; obv.
simple shahada. See no
mint AE caliphal.
Qaan al-A`zam Abaqa Ilkhan 663-80 cf. BM VII, p. 274;
al-`Adil Malik spelling of name varies
Riqab al-Umam on coins, both Abaaqaa
Ilkhan al-Mu`azzam and Abaqaa.
Ilkhan al-A`zam
Badshah Abaqa Ilkhan
Abu Bakr Seljuq
Tughanshah
Abu'l-Muzaffar Abu Bakr Timurid ca. 807-11 Album to Miles
23/12/72, no. 7
al-Amir Abu Bakr b. `Umar Murabit Sijilmasa 448-80 Sijilmasa his only mint
al-Malik al-`Adil Abu Bakr b. Ayyub Ayyubid AE al-Jazira, 606:
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Nusrat al-Din Abu Bakr b. Muhammad b. Ildeghizid Adharbayja 587-607 Zambaur p. 231
Ildeghiz n
Malik al-Umara' Abu Bakr b. Qara Arslan b. Artuqid of Khartapirt Khartapirt 581-ca. see AE nm, 585, BM III,
Muhi al-`Adl `Imad Artuq 600 p. 137 #361)
al-Din Nasir (1185-120
al-Imam al-Nasir 3)
li-Din Allah
al-Mutawakkil `ala Abu Bakr b. Yahya Hafsid 710-47 AV Hazard pp. 167-69
Allah
Abu Sa`id Ilkhan
Abu Sa`id b. Muhammad Kurkan Timurid 855-73; cf. BM VII p. 116
Abu Shuja` see as kunya
Adhkutakin Abbasid official Qazwin 258 governor of the frontier
Ahmad Amirs of Crete no mint AR 326 With al-Radi. Miles, 75.
(Crete)
Ahmad Dhu'l-Nunid official with Yahya b. Isma`il
Ahmad Abbasid official Qinnasrin 157 AE: Musa ... `al~ yaday
Ahmad.
Ahmad Abbasid official no mint 212 on unique AV without
(S. an`~') mint name. Identified as
Ahmad b. Abd
al-Hamid, governor of
Yemen in 212. See
Yemen notes.
Ahmad M~ war~ 200-250 on AE with amara Allah
al-Nahr? wl-wafa wa-`adl,
Album auction 9 28, no
mint coin images
Ahmad Golden Horde better known as Sayyid
Ahmad
Ahmad eastern 290-310 see Vasmer, NZ 1925,
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Ahmad Muzaffarid better known as Sultan
Ahmad
al-Mustazhir billah Abul-`Abbas Ahmad b. `Abd Allah Abbasid caliph 487-512 on his fathers coins as
Dhukhr al-Din al-Muqtadi Abul-`Abbas Dhukhr
al-Din
on ANS AV Nisabur 500
his title is followed by
wa-man tawakkala `ala
Allah. His title as
successor has also been
read Rukn, Rkhr, Dakhl,
and Dhakhirat al-Din,
but Dhukhr (treasure) is
right. It appears
consistently on his
fathers coins at least
from 470(?).
Ahmad b. `Abd Allah al-Khujistani rebel Nisabur, 267, 268 See mints.
Harat
Sayf al-Dawla Abu Ja`far Ahmad b. `Abd al-Malik Hudid 524-40 Ahmad III. See EI2,
al-Mustansir billah "Hudid," (Dunlop). On
coins, Ahmad b. Hud.
Sultan Ahmad b. Abu Sa`id Timurid 873-99 BM VII, p. 116: "Ahmad
Kurkan"
Ahmad b. al-Khalil `Uman ca. 300-05 on AR `Uman, 300
(VASO p. 278 no. 2);
probably not the same as
Ahmad b. Hilal, named
in 305.
al-Imam al-Qaim Ahmad b. al-Husayn b. Qasi post-Murabit Mertola Said to be subject to Hamdin b.
bi-Amr Allah `Abd Allah Muhammad of Cordoba; but the
coins indicate acknowledgement of
the Muwahhids, with the Muwahhid
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Nusrat al-Din Ahmad b. Alp Arghun Hazaraspid 696-733 Zambaur 234
Mu`izz al-Dawla Abu'l-Husayn Ahmad b. Buyeh Buyid Kirman, 324-356 see HKLK p. 182 no. 23,
324-38 p. 183 no. 2
Iraq,
334-17
Rabi` II
356
Taj al-Dawla Abu'l-Husayn Ahmad b. Fanakhusru son of `Adud al-Dawla
Ahmad b. Harun Abbasid official, al-Massisa ca. 800-25, on AE; assuming he is a
probably Tulunid 203 or 333 son of Harun al-Rashid; but the coin
Adana 193 fabric and inscriptions suggest a late
or 293 9th or early 10th-century issue,
identifying Ahmad b. Harun possibly
as a Tulunid.
For Adana 193 see Adana coin
images (= Zeno 61783). It might be
293, in which case this man is a
Tulunid.
There is said to be an Ahmad b.
Harun on a Massisa AE of 333. Also
on Thaghr al-Massisa, attributed to
166, but a cast coin probably like the
others.
Adhana, Miles RIC pp. 107-08 no.
363.
See zeno 106987.
Miles, Antioch IV, 1 pp. 111, 119
nos. 150-51.
Shamma to Miles 14/11/1972 had
better example of al-Massisa (photo
returned to him).
Ahmad b. Hilal governor of Uman `Uman On AR `Uman 305 (VASO pp.
275-77); probably not the same as
Ahmad b. al-Khalil.
Ahmad b. Hud ca. 524-40. See Hudid Ahmad b.
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Ilkhan al-Mu`azzam Ahmad Teguder b. Hulagu Ilkhan 680-83 See BMCOr VI p. 274.
al-Mustansir billah Abu'l-`Abbas Ahmad b. Ibrahim Marinid Maghrib 775-86, on coins, `Abd Allah
Amir al-Muslimin 789-96 Ahmad
Ibn al-Khulafa
al-Rashidin `Abd
Allah
Ahmad b. `Isa Abbasid official? 253 On AR no mint, 253,
with al-Mu`tazz;
BMCOr IX p. 191 no.
429tt. Lane-Poole
attributes it to "Banu
Shayban."
Ahmad b. Isma`il b. `Ali Abbasid official On AE nm nd. Note
father Isma`il b. `Ali.
al-Radi billah Abu'l-`Abbas Ahmad b. Ja`far Abbasid caliphate 322-29 Abu'l-`Abbas b. Amir
al-Mu'minin on coins of
al-Muqtadir
HKLK p. 180 no. 6; p.
183 no. 4.
Ahmad b. Mansur Farghana 358 A son of Mansur b.
Bayqara? DMF 115 nos.
14ff.
Ahmad b. Marwan Abbasid official al-Massisa, 293? Lavoixs error (P.
Adana 1643-44) for Ahmad b.
Harun, q.v.; and see
Miles, RIC 363, p. 108.
Ahmad b. Marwan Marwanid 401-53 Probably = Muhammad
b. Marwan, q.v.
Abu Ja`far Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Banijurid Andaraba 280's-290' usually with Samanid
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Ahmad b. Muhammad Mawla Amir Abbasid official with lill~h wa-bihi.
al-Muminin Frhn, Recensio p. 595,
identifies him as
Khwarizmshah!
Qutb al-Dawla Ahmad b. Muhammad Ilek Khan mint? 404 AE BMCOr II, 440.
Jalal al-Din Ahmad b. Muhammad Seljuq ca. 505; see Miles, Bawendids, 452-53; on
dinars, Amul 503-04, Sariyya, 504; see Morton to
Miles, 18/11/72, Album to Miles, 23/12/72 p. 2 no.
19. His atabeg seems to have been Sunqur B.
Mawlana al-Sultan Abul-`Abbas Ahmad b. Muhammad Hafsid Tunis only 948-77 on AR Hazard, 273-74.
`Abd Allah al-Imam Abul-`Abbas Ahmad b. Muhammad Hasani Sharif, Sa`di Morocco 986-1012 on reverse Ibn al-Imam
al-Mansur billah Sharif Abi `Abd Allah
Amir al-Muminin Muhammad al-Shaykh
al-Mahdi Ibn al-Imam
al-Qaim bi-amr Allah
al-Sharif al-Hasani
Muhadhdhib Abul-`Abbas Ahmad al-Sa`id b. Muhammad b. Batiha ruler ?480-501 Zambaur p. 138. The
al-Dawla Abil-Jabr second Muhadhdhib
al-Dawla of the family.
Abu `Ali Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Muhtajid, Samanid Nisabur 326-34, Ghalib, Const. II p. 247
al-Muhtaj governor, Al-i 340-43, no. 677 (= Zamb.,
Muhtaj, lords of 343-44 Geneal, p. 49 note 2)
Saganiyan. identified as this figure,
but actually an Amir of
Crete (Miles, 75). See
also Zamb., Geneal, p.
204.
al-Mutawakkil `ala Ahmad b. Muhammad Hafsid 755-58, Second Ahmad of the
Allah 761-96 (2 family. AV Hazard p.
reigns) 174.
Ahmad b. Ughurlu Aq Quyunlu 902-03 NC 1950, p. 134.
Muhammad
al-Mutawakkil `ala Ahmad b. Muhammad Hafsid 948-77
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Ahmad b. Muhammad Sa`di Sharif
Jalal al-Dawla or Ahmad b. Muhammad Seljuq Amul ca. As governor in Amul,
Jalal al-Din 494-511 with his father Muh. b.
Malikshah and his
Atabeg Sunqur; see
Album Checklist,2 85 no.
1683.
Abu Ja`far Ahmad b. Muhammad Banijurid
Ahmad b. Musafir error for Muhammad b. Musafir
Ahmad b. al-Muwaffaq see Ahmad b. Talha
Ahmad b. Qudam (or b. rebel Sijistan 306-10 see Lowick, NC 1975 p.
Qaddam) 137 no. 312-14 (dirhams
of Sijistan, 307).
Ahmad b. Sahl Banijurid? cf. NZ 1871 p. 189 no.
61 for mints and dates.
al-Mansur Ahmad b. Salih Ayyubid Mardin 765-69 His father was al-Salih
(Zambaur) Salih
`Imad al-Dawla Ahmad b. Sulayman Hudid Zaragoza 441-75
al-Muqtadir
al-Sultan al-Ashraf Ahmad b. Sulayman Ayyubid after 828 dates uncertain
or al-Sultan al-`Adil
al-Ashraf
al-Mu`tadid billah Abu'l-`Abbas Ahmad b. Talha Abbasid governor, 272ff. as Son of al-Muwaffaq b.
successor, and caliph governor al-Mutawakkil. Cf.
or HKLK p. 182 no. 22.
successor
279-89 as
caliph
Ghiyath al-Din Ahmad b. Uways b. Hasan Jalair 784-87, NC 1950, p. 106
807-13 cf. Mughith Amir
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Ahmad b. Ya`qub Abbasid or Tulunid On AE nd nm ANS 1971. with
official Khumarawayh and al-Mu`tamid; cf.
Soret RNB 1854 p. 18 no. 3; Abd
al-Rahman Fahmi, p. 146; Grabar p.
18 no. 51 & pp. 77-78; also Shamma
coll., Shamma to Miles 14/11/1972
(photo returned to him).
al-Musta`in billah Ahmad b. Yusuf Hudid Zaragoza 476-503 father al-Mutamin
al-Hajib Sayf Yusuf; Ahmad used title
al-Dawla al-Hajib Sayf al-Dawla
476-79; al-Musta`in
from 481 onward; also
recorded with `Imad
al-Dawla in 480 (Miles,
437) and in 486 (ANS
1969.222).
Ahmad Sanjar see Sanjar
Ahmadil b. Ibrahim b. Rawwadi Kurdish ca. 505-10 Vasmer 1927 p. 180
Wahsudan prince
Ahmadili see Arslan Aba
al-`Abbas Abbasid governor Samarqand 198 zeno 77515, AE with
Shiraz Dhul-Riyasatayn
(wrongly attributed to
Samarqand)
Agora 21 148
al-`Abbas b. al-Fadl Abbasid governor Suq 178 is it possible that date
al-Ahwaz has been misread, from
198, and that this is
al-Amins official?
al-`Abbas b. al-Fadl b. Abbasid governor Iraq 193-97 governor of Iraq for
al-Rabi` al-Amin; named on
Madnat al-Sal~m coins
as al-`Abbas. See
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al-`Abbas b. Mu`awiya Abbasid governor on undated AE, mint date illegible, in UPMAA
collection; GCM notes on Rayy excavation coins
1934, p. 12 no. 3.
al-`Abbas b. Muhammad Abbasid governor of ca. 142 On common AE of
al-Jazira & al-Jazira, with a`azz
al-Mawsil Allah nasrahu.
al-`Abbas b. Muhammad Abbasid governor Muhamma 177-78 on AE only; NHR pp.
diyya 64-65.
al-`Abbas b. Zufar Abbasid official Arran 193, 197 One of 3 Ibn Zufar
brothers; see also Yahya.
AE Arran 193 (ANS
1973.261 = RIC 365)
al-`Ala b. Musa Abbasid official [Nihawand] mawla of al-Mansur.
al-`Aziz Abbasid dirham mint? 284 This word stands alone,
below reverse on an
Abbasid donative; it
seems likely to be an
epithet of God (cf. `Abd
al-`Aziz) associated with
lillah above the reverse:
to God the Glorious or
possibly associated with
the caliphs title,
al-Mutadid billah
al-`Aziz, He who finds
support with God the
Glorious. There is no
evidence of al-`Aziz
being a stand-alone
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al-A`la Abbasid officials on no mint AV, 223, with `Ali
(perhaps `Ali al-A`la).
on Madinat al-Salam 170 AR with
al-Khalifa al-Rashid as 3rd line of rev.
field.
on Madinat al-Salam AR, date x,
with Harun Amir al-Muminin on
rev. inner margin.
note dirham similar to latter, MaS
170, with letter `ayn instead of
al-`Ala.
al-Bara' b. Qabisa Umayyad official under al-Hajjaj; cf. Curiel,
RN 1967, pp. 111-16
al-Wathiq billah al-Buri b. Musa Morocco Tubingen BA5 B4 (under Umayyad
of Spain `Abd al-Rahman III)
Abu'l-Hasan al-Fa'iq al-Khassa Samanid official Nisabur, 376
al-Fadl Abbasid official Mah 161 on AE; perhaps this is
al-Kufa al-Fadl b. Nu`aym or
al-Fadl b. Ba`ith, on
Dinawar, date illegible
al-Mutawakkil `ala al-Fadl b. Abu Bakr Hafsid
Allah
al-Mustarshid billah Abu Mansur al-Fadl b. al-Mustazhir Abbasid caliph his birth and titles Iath
`Umdat al-Din Ah. mad 512-29 X, 226:12-13; `Umdat
al-Din as successor on
AV MaS 488-510, at
least.
al-Fadl b. Ba`ith see al-F. b. Nu`aym
Abu'l-Fath al-Fadl b. Ja`far b. Abbasid wazir 320,
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al-Fadl b. Nu`aym Abbasid governor al-Dinawar 1xx Unidentified. On AE
al-Dinawar 1xx, ANS,
Tbingen. Formerly
attributed to Nisabur.
Note issue of Mah
al-Kufa 161 with
al-Fadl, no patronymic.
`Uddat al-Dawla Abu Taghlib Fadl Allah b. al-Hasan Hamdanid Mawsil, 356-69 AR Vasmer VMP 25
al-Ghadanfar Jazira AR Lane-Poole Inedited
Arab Coins 4 (BM), 359
with Abul-Barakat Luft
Allah.
al-Mutawakkil `ala Faris b. `Ali Marinid
Allah
al-Ghitrif Abbasid governor Sana`a 171 This is the al-Ghitrif
after whom the Ghitrifi
dirhams are named;
governor in Bukhara
185.
al-Malik Abu'l-Mu'ayyad or al-Hasan Qarlagh
al-Mu`azzam Sayf Abu'l-Muzaffar
al-Dunya wa'l-Din
al-Hasan 154-55 al-Hasan b. Qahtaba
al-Mustadi bi-amr Abu Muhammad al-Hasan b. al-Mustanjid Abbasid caliph 566-75
Allah billah 566-75
Abu Muhammad al-Hasan b. `Abd Allah Hamdanid
al-Sultan al-Malik Hasan b. `Ali Aq Quyunlu
al-`Adil
al-Hasan b. al-Jannah Abbasid governor Jayy 191 in ANS; Paris 1572,
181, wrong.
Abu `Ali al-Hasan b. Buyeh Buyid
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Abu `Ali al-Hasan b. Firuz Buyid
al-Hasan b. Humran Abbasid governor Saghaniyan AE Rtveladze 1985 pp.
38-40, 8th-century.
al-Rashid billah al-Hasan b. Ja`far Sharif of Mecca Makka, 402 claimed the caliphate in
Filastin 402 as al-Rashiid, with
the support of the
Jarrahids.
al-Sultan al-Malik Hasan b. Jahanshah Qara Quyunlu
al-Kamil al-A`zam
Abu `Ali al-Hasan b. Marwan Marwanid 380-87
Sa`d al-Dawla Hasan b. Mujahid Amir of Dania Daniyya
al-Hasan b. al-Mufarrij Jarrahid Filastin 402 named with al-Rashid,
sharif of Mecca claiming
the caliphate; see also
Makka 402
al-Hasan b. Qahtaba Abbasid governor Armenia, 154-55 with al-Mahdi
Arran
Nasir al-Islam Hassan b. al-Mufarrij `Alid
Nusrat al-Din Hazarasp b. Abi Tahir Hazaraspid ca. Zambaur p. 234
600-650
Hashim wasi Abu on AE nm nd. zeno
Muslim 57386, 74996. Nastich
Bukhara list. Identified
as al-Muqanna.
Hashim b. `Abd Allah Abbasid governor San`a 193-94
al-Amir Hisham Abbasid official al-Amir Hisham b. ...
`ala yaday Sa`d b. ...
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al-Amir `amil Humayd b. Qahtaba Abbasid governor Marw, 155, 156?; Samarqand, 153;
al-Mahdi Marw al-Rdh, 155, with al-Mahdi.
`Amid al-Dawla Abu `Ali al-Husayn b. al-Qasim Abbasid wazir 319-20; on coins in 320. See
Abbtypes. See RIC p. 52. See
Husayn.bio for list of mints.
al-Husayn b. Ali see al-Husayn b. Ismail
al-Husayn b. Ayyub Abbasid governor Jur, 182, 184 On AE, Shamma p. 276.
Ardashir
Khurra
al-Husayn b. Bilal Abbasid governor Sijistan 318-20 See Album, Checklist
al-Amir al-Husayn b. Isma`il b. Mus`ab purported Abbasid [Jurjan] 184 Read by Tabatabai on
official AE mint illegible,
Shamma ACC p. 356;
actually two names,
al-Husayn b. Ali `ala
yaday Isma`il b. Mus`ab.
al-Sultan al-Malik Abu'l-Ghazi or al-Husayn b. Mansur Timurid
al-`Adil Abu'l-Fath
al-Sindi b. Yahya al-Harashi Abbasid official See Harashi.bio. Note
Yahya al-Harashi on AE
Jayy, 162-63, possible
father of Sa`id, and
another al-Harashi,
governor of Tabaristan.
Al Muhammad Abbasid On AE nm [Dimashq?]; also on glass
from Egypt. See no mint AE
caliphal.
al-Ash`ath b. Yahya Abbasid official Bukhara; 143; AE. Nasab only at
Samarqand 144 Samarqand.
Jalal al-Dunya al-Hasan b. Muhammad Nizari Isma`ili
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al-Qa'im min Al al-Husayn b. Ahmad b. Rasul Alid Qazwin 251-53 al-Kawkabi. See Qaswin
Muhammad al-Da`i Allah mint.
ila al-Rida
al-Rabi` b. al-Khatayr Abbasid governor Istakhr 159 Fathers name uncertain.
Rabi` [b. Yunis?] Abbasid governor Ardashir 167 So identified by GCM,
Khurra, Istakhr, 319-22, as the
Istakhr wazir of al-Mahdi, but
surely this person, a
noble Arab, would not
be identified as Rabi`.
Abu'l-Ghazi Allah Quli b. Muhammad Khan of Khiva
al-Sultan Abu Shuja` Alp Arslan Seljuq see uncertain mint 469
al-Mu`azzam Malik Muhammad for title Shahanshah
al-Islam wa-Zahir Rukn al-Islam (uncertain
al-Ayyam mint images)
Shahanshah for details of use of
al-A`zam `Adud titles, see Alp
al-Dawla wa-Taj Arslan.bio.
al-Umma Malik
al-Mashriq
wal-Maghrib Malik
al-`Arab
wal-`Ajam
Alp Arslan b. Tughril Seljuq Mawsil ca. 525-30 See dinar of al-Mawsil,
533? Alp Arslan.bio.
Nusrat al-Din Alp Lajin
Najm al-Din Abu'l-Muzaffar Alpi b. Timurtash Artuqid Mardin 547-72 also as b. Il Ghazi, his
Malik Diyarbakr 1152-76 grandfather
`Izz al-Din Alpsunqur al-Bukhari Seljuq official? Lowick 1970, p. 247 no. 13
Abu'l-Muzaffar Alwand b. Yusuf Aq Qoyunlu
Aq Sunqur Seljuq official unidentified on Damghan, 538
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Ilkhan Arghun
Ilkhan al-Mu`azzam
Taj al-Umara or Arslan Beg Seljuq official
Taj al-Muluk
Sharaf al-Dawla Arslan Khan b. Yusuf-Qadr Ilek Khan So Zambaur index.
Atabik Arslan-Shah Bektekinid?
Asad Banijurid or Khuttal 270 with Humayd; Al-Ush
Samanid? 1973 7; cf. al-Ush's
discussion. Probably
Banijurid Asad b. Bik
Asad b. Bik b. al-`Abbas see Asad; see Al-Ush
1973 p. 173
Asad b. Yazid Abbasid official Adharbay- 184, 185 see 1965 al-Qidad p. 170
jan, Armi- no. 1; RNB 1861 pp.
niyya, 27-28. Cf. Khalid b.
Arran Yazid.
Asfar b. Shiruya Daylami chief Daylam ca. 311-15 cf. Minorsky to Miles in
his "Rasxhamuj" file.
Asghar b. `Abd al-Rahman Abbasid official Rayy 143 Khurasani
revolutionaries
al-Aswad Bust ca. 201-02 Bust coin images
al-Malik Abu'l-Muzaffar or Atsiz b. Muhammad Khwarizmshah sometimes read
al-Muzaffar or Abu'l-Zafr Abu'l-Zafr
al-Malik al-A`zam (dubious)
`Ala'l-Dunya
wa'l-Din or
`Ala'l-Dawla
wa'l-Din
al-Malik al-Mas`ud Atsiz Yusuf b. Muhammad Ayyubid Yemen 612-26 son of al-Kamil
Salah al-Dunya
wa'l-Din
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al-Sultan al-Malik Abu'l-Nasr Aynal Mamluk
al-Ashraf
al-Malik al-Nasir Ayyub b. Tughtakin Ayyubid Yemen 598-611
Abu'l-Qasim Babur b. Baysunqur Timurid Khurasan 853-61 cf. BM VII, p. 117, 1st
entry under ba'
al-Hajib al-Mu`izz Badis b. Habus Zirid, 430-66 Granada The coins attributed to him bear the
Sayf al-Dawla name of the Hammudid Idris b.
Yahya, but are struck in Gharnata or
al-Andalus, Miles 138-53, Prieto
111-12, see also Prieto 114-15
Badr b. Hasanwayh Hasanwayhid cf. Rogers, NC 1871, pp.
258-63
Bahlul Abbasid official al-Muham- 173 Not identified in NHR.
madiyya Some previous scholars
had suggested reading it
as a word, not a name.
Taj al-Muluk Bahram Bawandid identified in Album letter, 3/12/72,
on AV Sariyya 512; described in
letter 3/1/73 p. 8 no. 12
al-Malik al-Sultan Abu Mansur Bahramshah Seljuq of Kirman 565-70 cf. Zambaur,
Contributions I, 109
al-Sultan al-A`zam Bahramshah b. Mas`ud Ghaznavid 512-47 BM II p. 177 no. 573,
Yamin al-Dawla 1118-52 Bahramshah; also found
as two words, Bahram
Shah; some ANS AE has
him as al-A`zam while
Seljuq Sanjar is
al-Mu`azzam, cf. BM IX
p. 250 no. 576t; see BM
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Bahiri Abbasid official 144 on nm AE with Sa`id;
name tjtry, could be
Buhtari etc. (SICA 2
1629)
Amir al-Umara' Abu'l-Husayn Bajkam al-Ra'iqi Mawla Madinat Dhu'l-Qa` his effigy on coins,
Amir al-Salam da 326-3 al-Mas`udi, Muruj, VIII,
al-Mu'minin Wasit Shawwal 341, 433
al-Mawsil 329
other coins in
mints? 329 only
Bajkur Halab 358 See Qarghawayh.
`Izz al-Dawla Amir Abu Mansur Bakhtiyar b. Ahmad Buyid Iraq 356-67 M. al-Salam, 348, BM
al-Umara' (earlier on II, 638
coins, with
father;
also Basra,
368?)
Bakr b. Skr Takin Samanid official Khurasan, d. 245 See Mochir, Lmission.
Nasrabad
Baktuzun see
Begtuzun
Balkatakin Farwan 320, 325 cf. NZ 1871 p. 189 no.
67; cf. Balkh 325
Abu'l-Ghazi Baqi Muhammad Janid
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al-Sultan Abu'l-Muzaffar Barkiyaruq b. al-Sultan Seljuq 485-98 Mu`izz DQ on MaS 487,
al-Mu`azzam Malikshah 488, ANS and BM III,
Shahanshah Malik 65; `Adud DQ on 488
al-Islam and after; see 3x5
wa'l-Muslimin
Shuja` al-Mulk
Rukn al-Dunya
wa'l-Din Mu`izz
(`Adud, reported
`Amid wrongly)
al-Dawla
(al-Qahira)
al-Amir Barmal Barmal or Barman:
Miles note: see Dorn II,
strup
al-Amir Barman Barmal or Barman:
Miles note: see Dorn II,
strup
Shuja` al-Mulk Barkiyaruq Seljuq Shuja` al-Mulk on AV
Malik al-Islam Amul 486
wal-Muslimin
al-Malik al-Zahir Abu Sa`id Barquq Mamluk
Barsaq see Bursuq
al-Sultan al-Malik Abu'l-Nasr Barsbay Mamluk
al-Ashraf
Bay Sunqur see Baysunghur
Qasim Amir Baybars Mamluk
al-Muminin
Abu'l-Fath or Baysunghur b. Ya`qub Aq Quyunlu 896-98 NC 1950, pp. 132-33
Abu'l-Nasr
Begchur Amir of Bust 349-50 or Bakjur; see Bust mint;
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Abu'l-Fawaris Begtuzun Samanid governor Nisabur 387-88 on AV Nisabur, 387; cf.
Begchur, name is
similar.
Bik b. al-`Abbas Banijurid Bik is his name; see
Al-Ush 1973 p. 173
Biktuzun see Begtuzun
Bishr al-Afshini Abbasid governor see Miles, Tarsus, pp. 309-11; Stern,
JAOS p. 221 & note 37, p. 222
Bishr b. al-Mundhir al-Bajli Abbasid governor al-Yamama 159-165 on coin of 165 as Bishr;
see al-Qazzaz 1965, p.
279 n. 29
Zahir al-Dawla Bisutun b. Wushmigir Ziyarid 357-67 Said to have used the
name Washmigir (or
Wushmigir) only as a
family name; that idea
needs to be clarified.
al-Amir Bugha mawla Amir Abbasid official Syria Bugha al-Kabir, the Elder, a major
al-Muminin Turkish qaid from about 220 to 248
(EI2 s.v. Bugha). AE nm nd, possibly
Sur about 234; AE Halab 239.
Bukhtari See Bahira.
Buqa Timur Chagatay 670-81 Bosworth: Buqa Timur
or Toqa Timur; see also
Tugha Timur
Bulukkin Zirid frequent Zirid name; EI2, s.v. Badis,
has Buluqqin; Bosworth p. 26:
Buluggin; Prieto p. 30: Bologun;
Zambaur p. 71: Bolukkn, Bulukkn.
It seems it can be written with q or k;
to be confirmed.
Taj al-Muluk Buri b. Tughtakin Burid 39749

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Nur al-Dawla Bursuq Ahwazi Seljuq governor al-Ahwaz 495 it is not certain that titles
refer to him; Bosworth,
108: Bursuq and his 4
sons established
themselves as hereditary
muqta`s of Khuzistan
and Shustar in early
490's; Bursuq dead by
494, assassinated;
probably not the same
[why not?]
Bursuq b. Bursuq Seljuq governor, 522? on coin of 522? with
atabek? Mahmud and Sanjar, AV
ANS, mint x; cf.
Bosworth 116, 128;
Album 23/1/73 calls him
governor of Hamadan,
on coin "I believe" of
504
Buyan Quli Jagatai 749-60
al-Malik Abu Mansur Buyeh b. al-Hasan Buyid Jibal Isbahan see Qumm, 373; son of
al-Mu'ayyad 358-73 Rukn al-Dawla
Mu'ayyad al-Dawla Hamadan
366-73
al-Rayy
369-73
Buz Abah Seljuq official Fars 531-42 cf. Album 23/1/73 p. 1A,
last paragraph; atabeg of
Fars for Malikshah b.
Mahmud as titular malik;
Boz Abah was successor
of Mankubarz, was
succeeded by Malikshah
in his own right
al-Malik Abu Shuja` Chaghri b. Muhammad Seljuq Fars (Yazd, ca. 502-08 see Chaghri.bio
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Malik al-Muluk Chaghri Bak Seljuq Kirman, 445-51 see Chaghri.bio
Khurasan
Chaghri Takin Qarakhan Title of more than one;
see Chaghri.bio.
al-Amir al-Ajall Chaghri Takin Seljuq Hamadan 470-76 see Chaghri.bio
Shams al-Ma`ali
Qaan al-A`z. am Chinggis, Mongol Genghis Khan, personal
Chingiz, Jingiz name Temjn q.v., on
unattributed dinar issue.
Daud Abbasid official Mah 156 on AE in Tbingen
al-Kufa
Daud Abbasid official Filastin? on AE nm nd Tbingen,
Palestinian fabric.
Daud Abbasid official Misr 174 D~d b. Yazd b. H. ~tim
al-Muhallab
Daud Abbasid official Bajunays 191, on Ma`din Bajunays,
194-95 with Umm Ja`far or with
Sard
Daud Abbasid official Muhamma- 171-72, Could 171-72 be
diyya 177, mistaken for 191-92?
182-84, Note the Ma`din
186, Bajunays issue of 191.
Daud Abbasid official Sijistan and 176 Daud b. Yazid b.
Zaranj Hatim, as confirmed by
Sijistan AE 176
Daud b. Bakr error for Daud b. Bishr.
Daud b. Bishr Abbasid official Sijistan 176 on AE
Daud b. Idris Idrisid, uncertain Ama`dan, 225 Eustache 424; Tbingen
Morocco
Daud b. `Isa Abbasid official Rafiqa 198 Daud b. `Isa
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Daud b. Jam unknown Baldat 298 dirham Tbingen
Qaayin? 90-28-64
Daud b. Kar~r Abbasid official Herat 147 on AE, Daud b. Karar
`amil al-Amir al-Mahdi
Abu'l-Fath Da'ud b. Mahmud Seljuq of Iraq
Da'ud b. Salih uncertain 187 on Tudgha
Daud b. Yazid Abbasid official Sijistan 176 Daud b. Yazid b.
Hatim; see Sijistan AR
176, with Daud alone.
Dinar b. `Abd Allah Abbasid governor He minted at Sur and
perhaps elsewhere in that
region, as did his son
`Abd Allah; a coin of
Ludd has been
mentioned , citing
Shamma p. 138 no. 3,
and SNAT.
`Adud al-Dawla Abu Shuja` Fanakhusru b. al-Hasan Buyid known as `Adud
wa-Taj al-Milla al-Dawla
al-`Adl
Jamal al-Dawla Abu Shuja` Farrukhzad OR b. Mas`ud Ghaznavid
Kamal al-Milla Farrukh Zad
Baha' al-Dawla Abu Nasr Firuz b. Fana Khusru Buyid 379-403
wa-Diya' al-Milla (989-1012
wa-Ghiyath )
al-Umma
wa-Qiwam al-Din
Kamal al-Dawla Gharib b. Muhammad `Uqaylid `Ukbara 401-25
Ghassan b. `Abbad Abbasid official Khurasan 203-06 Ism only, on AE only.
and Ma See Ghassan.bio for
wara complete list of mints
al-nahr and dates.
al-Sultan al-Malik... Ghazi b. Ayyub Ayyubid?

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Habib Abbasid official Nisibin 197-98 Tbingen has a full
array, Album identifies
him as Habib b.
al-Hajama. Also
recorded for Basra 197,
wrongly.
Hafs Abbasid official Zaranj 183 Hafs b. `Umar b. Tarka,
also named as b. Tarka.
See Zaranj mint record,
183.
Hafs b. Humayd Abbasid official Mah on AE
al-Kufa
Hajib Abbasid official Nihawand 205 on AE
Hallaj b. Hatim Qarmati leader `Uman 359 known only from coins
Hammad or b. `Abd Allah Abbasid official see Khalid or Hammad
Khalid
Hammam see Ibn Hammam
al-Sultan al-Malik Abu'l-Nasr Hamza b. `Uthman Aq Quyunlu
al-A`zam
Hani b. `Abd al-A`la Abbasid official Mah 168 on AE
al-Kufa
Harthama b. A`yan Abbasid official Zaranj, 192 Only the Zaranj, 193,
Balkh, 193 issue has his full name.
Zaranj, 193 His son A`yan b.
Isbahan, 195-98 Harthama is named on
Zaranj, 205.
Harun Abbasid governor Ras 202 With Jahm, g.v.
al-`Ayn
Harun b. Humayd Abbasid governor Istakhr 149 Fathers name has also
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al-Khalifa al-Rashid Harun b. Muhammad Abbasid caliph 170-93 Also named as governor
Amir al-Muminin al-Mahdi on coins of his father
and brother, sometimes
with title wali `ahd
al-muslimin (thanks to
Yevgen Lemberg).
Harun b. Muhammad Abbasid governor Istakhr 149 Fathers name has also
been read Humayd.
al-Sultan al-A`zam Abul-Nasr Hasan Aq Quyunlu known as Uzun Hasan
Abu'l-Fath or Hasan b. `Ali Aq Quyunlu
Abu'l-Nasr
Badshah Haydar b. Ma`sum Mangit
Abu'l-Ghazi Haydar b. Ma`sum Mangit
Jalal al-Din Husayn b. Uways Jalair
Ibrahim Abbasid 170 cf. Ibrahim b. Dhakwan
al-Amir Ibrahim b. Abi Bakr Murabit Sijilmasa 462-67 governor of Sijilmasa for
father Abu Bakr b.
`Umar
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim b. Ahmad Buyid
`Umdat al-Dawla Abu Ishaq Ibrahim b. Ahmad Buyid Iraq 365-68... son of Mu`izz al-Dawla,
b. 342, d. 400
Ibrahim b. Dhakwan al-Harrani Abbasid Haruniyya 170 wazir etc. under al-Hadi,
169-70; cf. 1964 Q p.
282 #35 [cites Jahshiyari
167]; "Ibrahim" on
Haruniyya 170
al-Amir Ibrahim b. Humran Abbasid official `Akka 200 On the cast fals al-Amir
Ibrahim b. Humran.
Ilisch unbekannter
autonomer Frst.
Nusrat al-Din Ibrahim b. al-Husayn Ilek-Khan Bukhara 582-97 Zambaur p. 206
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Nusrat al-Dunya Ibrahim b. al-Husayn Farghana, 560-74? An Ilek-Khan.
wal-Din Arslan Uzkand
Khaqan
al-Muttaqi billah Abu Ishaq Ibrahim b. Ja`far Abbasid 329-33 cf. HKLK p. 181 #17
Ibrahim b. Mahan Abbasid official Tirmidh 142 `amil for al-Hasan b.
Humran. Doubtless an
uncle of `Ali b. `Isa b.
Mahan.
Ibrahim b. Malik Abbasid official Syria Tbingen has AE nm nd,
Syria fabric, with this
name. See Nizar Jarkas
coin, mimma amara bihi
al-amir abaqahu Allah,
http://smg.photobucket.c
om/albums/v90/nizarjark
as/?action=view&current
=fulus.jpg [no longer
functional]. Album FPL
230 60517
undetermined mint, ca.
800). The
Lowick/Savage 329
reference to this person
on Nasibin, 210, is
completely wrong; there
is no such coin, says
Ilisch. EBay 10/8/2009,
illegible mint and date, if
any.
Ibrahim b. al-Marzuban Sallarid Irminiyya ca. 353 1927 Vasmer 172 #6-7;
175-76 #14; cf. TNN 7
sub #11; not the same as
the other one.
Ibrahim b. al-Marzuban b. Sallarid 420 ff. 1927 Vasmer 179; cf.
Isma`il b. TNN 7 sub #11; not the
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al-Sultan Abu'l-Muzaffar Ibrahim b. Mas`ud Ghaznavid Ghazna 451-92 e.g. BM II 169 #551;
[al-Mu`azzam] Lahur (1059-99) 170 #554; II 168-73, XI,
al-A`zam al-Malik 237-43
al-Mansur Zahir titles shown combine
al-Dawla `Adud variations over time; see
al-Din Nasir 3x5
al-Milla Qahir
al-Muluk Sayyid
al-Salatin Malik
al-Islam
Ghazna 453, 456:
Nizar al-Dawla
wa-Zahir al-Milla
Ibrahim
Ibrahim b. Muhammad Tahirid see mint Madinat
Ibrahim b. Muhammad
in 3x5
Ibrahim b. Muhammad Unknown Cairo? On an ashrafi dinar, two
known; see Morton &
Eden 21/5/2003 328
illus.
al-Amir Ibrahim b. Salih Abbasid governor Egypt, Misr, 167 Ibrahim b. Salih b. Ali b.
Syria, Rafiqa, Abd Allah b. Abbas,
Jazira 172 Egypt 165-67; Damascus
(Misr, no glass 175-76
mint) weights
al-Wathiq Ibrahim b. Shah Muhammad Bidlis see 3x5 card
bi'l-Samad al-Sultan
al-Muzahhir
Ibrahim b. Tashfin Murabit 538-40 heir to father, 538-40;
alone 540 but no coins
known
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Ibrahim Yinal b. Inanj Yabghu Seljuq contemporary Hamadhan 441 cf. SA to MLB 23/1/73
d. 451 p. 1A #1; cites CHIr V,
pp. 19-41-44
Ikhrid Ikhrid dihqan Kish on
AE, 8th-century?
Abu'l-`Ula Idris b. Muhammad Muwahhid
al-Mamun Abu'l-`Ula Idris b. Ya`qub Muwahhid
al-Mujahid fi sabil
Allah
Il-Aba (Il-Apa) Seljuq? Amul 491-96, see 1967 Stern, NC
499 267-68; shihna of Amul?
see letter Stern to GCM,
12/7/66; see letter SA to
GCM 3/1/73, p.1, p.4
Sa`d al-Din Ilaldi Inalid Amid 503-36 (1109-42). Nm
AR fractions Album,
Checklist A1189.
Il-Arslan Seljuq? Isbahan 486 possibly the Turkish
name of Isma`il b. Alp
Sunqur Beg
al-Malik al-Sultan Abu'l-Fath Il-Arslan b. Atsiz Bek Khwarizmshah Nishapur 560 ruled 551-67
al-Mu`azzam Taj
al-Dunya wal-Din
al-Malik al-`Alam Ildeghiz Ildeghizid 531-68 see Zambaur,
al-`Adil Shams Genealogie, 231
al-Dunya wal-Din on AE nm nd BMCOr
III, p. 240 no. 675
al-Malik al-`Alam Il-Ghazi b. Alpi Artuqid Mardin 522-80 In one case, al-Malik of
al-`Adil Shah Diyar his title is written
Bakr Mawlana al-Maalik
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Ilqafshit b. Satmaz Ildeghizid vassal Zanjan ca. 580-90 information from
Album, to GCM
12/23/72 p. 2; to MLB
8/1/73; ruler of Zanjan
Nusrat al-Din Ilwakush b. Abi Tahir Hazaraspid relative brother of Hazarasp;
Zambaur p. 234 table
Inanj Seljuq official al-Rayy ca. 547-64 governor of Rayy;
possibly Sunqur Inanj;
might be the same as
Inanj Balka (Album to
MLB 23/1/73 p. 18 no. 6
Inanj Bek same as Inanj Yabghu
al-Amir Taj Inanj Yabghu Seljuq official, with Hamadhan, 487, 488 also named as Inanj Beg
al-Muluk Sayf Barqiyaruq ... Album letters 8/1/73,
al-Dawla Shihab 23/1/73
al-Dawla seems to be a title, with
numerous holders
Inanj Yabghu Tabaristan 458 see Album to MLB
23/1/73 p. 1A no. 2,
citing Ibn al-Athir
Inanj Seljuk governor? ca. read by GCM on Rayy
575-90? exc. list 1934 p. 25 no.
4, with caliph al-Nasir
and Abu Shuja`,
attributed there to
Tughril II, 573-90.
Inanj Balka or Inanj Qutlugh Balka?
see Album to MLB
23/1/73 p. 18 no. 5
Inanj Qutlugh see Inanj and Inanj
Balka Balka above
Baha' al-Din Iranshah b. Turanshah Seljuq of Kirman
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Ishaq Abbasid official above reverse on
unidentified MLB
copper; with Muhammad
and SK, perhaps Shukr,
above and below obv.
On AE Paris 1645
on Miles, "Antioch,"
138, mint, date x;
attributed to
al-Ma'mun(?)
On AE nd Beirut
(Tbingen AL5 B2).
Ishaq al-Mawsil 145 Tbingen AM2 E1
Ishaq al-Mawsil 157 under Ja`far b. Amir
al-Mu'minin; cf. RIC
395, Lavoix 1632, Mupr.
al-Mawsil note 14
Ishaq Abbasid official Dimashq 222 On AE, Dimashq 222,
identified as Ishaq b.
Yahya b. Mu`adh.
Ishaq Abbasid official Kufa 163-67 on AE Kufa, 163, 165,
167; on al-Abbasiyya(?)
163;
see Miles RIC p. 117;
identified as Ishaq b.
al-Sabbah al-Kindi
Amir al-Mu'minin Ishaq b. `Ali b. Yusuf Murabit 540-41
(wa-)Nasir al-Din
Ishaq b. al-`Abbas Abbasid official Hims 192; Hims: Tbingen AL7
al-Ramla 195; D4, "important if mint
al-Raqqa? 205 correctly interpreted."
Ishaq b. al-D... Abbasid official Isbahan 213 error for Abu Ishaq
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Ishaq b. al-Rashid Abbasid official error for Abu Ishaq
Muhammad b. Harun
Ishaq b. Ibrahim Abbasid governor, Zabid 346-62
Ziyadid
Abu'l-Mansur or Ishaq b. Ibrahim Abbasid successor son of al-Muttaqi; see
Abu Mansur HKLK p. 183 no. 10
Ishaq b. Yahya Abbasid official Tarablus 219 On dated and undated
AE, with various offi-
cials; see Tbingen
handlist; MLB has one.
Abu'l-Muzaffar or Iskandar b. [Qara] Yusuf Qara Qoyunlu 823-41 NC 1950 pp. 114-15.
Abu Nasr
Abu'l-Ghazi Iskandar Khan b. Jani Beg Shaybanid 968-91 cf. BMCOr VII p. 116.
Isma`il Abbasid official 182? mint x, with al-Amin
and Muhammad b.
al-W...
Isma`il Abbasid official 184 Probably Isma`il b.
Mus`ab; appears with
al-Husayn b. `Ali.
Cf. al-Husayn b. Isma`il
b. Mus`ab.
Isma`il Abbasid official Nisabur 195-96 on dirhams.
al-Hajib Isma`il `Abbadid official on some coins of `Abbad
b. Muhammad
Nasir al-Haqq Isma`il Sharif of Morocco
al-Zafir Abu Muhammad Isma`il b. `Abd al-Rahman Dhu'l-Nunid on coins: al-Zafir, with
Dhu'l-Riyasatayn al-Imam `Abd Allah
al-Malik al-Salih Abu Tahir Isma`il b. Abi Bakr Ayyubid Busra, 615 ff.
`Imad al-Dunya Damascus, 635, 637-43
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Ism~)l b. )Al Abbasid governor al-Mawsil 133-37, on AE no mint or date in
137-42 BM; attributed to Mosul
by Lowick. Is this figure
the same as the
subsequent governor in
Fars?
al-Amir Isma`il b. `Ali Abbasid governor Sabur, 145 On AE fals. Also on AE
Istakhr, nm nd. See Persepolis
Ardashir excavations p. 53. Paris
Khurra 1648, BM I p. 219 no.
153, P.1649, Artuk 532.
These may be from
Mosul, see above. Note
Ahmad b. Isma`il b.
`Ali. Also imitations,
mules, etc.
al-Malik al-Salih Abu'l-Fida Isma`il b. `Ali Ayyubid Hamah 710-32 The famous historian
al-Mu'ayyad `Imad Abu'l-Fida.
al-Din
al-Sultan al-A`zam Isma`il b. Alp Sunqur Beg Seljuq Isfahan 486 On a dinar of Isfahan,
Muhiy al-Dunya 486; also associated with
wa'l-Din Mahmud at
Tarkhan-Khatun after
death of Malikshah,
485-87. Also called
Isma`il b. Yaquti; see
Zambaur Table R note 4.
See also Il-Arslan, 486.
Abu Ibrahim Isma`il b. Ahmad Samanid
Isma`il b. Ibrahim Abbasid official Irminiyya 191 With Khuzayma b.
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Isma`il b. Lu'lu' Zengid successor al-Mawsil 657-60 AV ANS, Muharram
659, with Mangu. Cf.
BMCOr IX p. 306 595k;
Zambaur, Contributions
III, pp. 153ff.
al-Malik al-Salih Isma`il b. Mahmud Zengid Halab 569-77
(1173-81)
Isma`il b. Muhammad Abbasid official al-Jazira On al-Jazira AE, Nizar
Jarkas coll.,
http://smg.photobucket.c
om/albums/v90/nizarjark
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al-Sultan al-Malik Isma`il b. Muhammad Mamluk
al-Salih
Isma`il b. Mus`ab Abbasid official Isbahan, 154 AE fals Isbahan 154,
Jurjan, 184, 190 Tbingen AL8 B1 (but is
the date later?)
AE Jurjan, with various
others, 184, 190 (Ya`qub
b. Ishaq); see Tbingen.
Same family as Tahir?
See also al-Husayn b.
Isma`il.
al-Malik Abu Ibrahim Isma`il b. Nuh Samanid 390-95 al-Malik al-Muntasir on
al-Muntasir AV Nisabur 391.
al-Malik al-Mu`izz Isma`il b. Tughtakin Ayyubid Yemen 593-98 Titles on coin of Ta`izz,
Nasir [Nasiir] 596.
al-Dunya wa'l-Din
Sultan al-Muslimin
Isma`il b. Wahsudan Sallarid Adharbayja 351-55 1927 Vasmer p. 173 no.
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Isma`il b. Yaquti Seljuq see Isma`il b. Alp
Sunqur Beg
Abu'l-Walid Isma`il b. Yusuf Nasrid
al-Hajib al-`Izz b. Saqawt Berghawata Son of Saqawt b.
Muhammad, q.v.
Jabir Abbasid official Misr, Egypt ca. 195 Jabir b. al-Ash`ath,
EIBCE 12-13
Ja`far Abbasid official on coins of al-Rashid
must be Ja`far b. Yahya,
q.v.
Ja`far Abbasid official On AE Paris 1662 with
"al-Mutawakkil" and
Sa)id.
Ja`far Abbasid 256-61 See Ja`far b. Ahmad
al-Mu`tamid, named as
favored son 256-61.
Ja`far Fatimid official 296 Below reverse, on
Aghlabid-style dinar; see
Qayrawan mint record,
296.
Ja`far Umayyad of Spain ca. 390 uncertain reading, on
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Ja`far b. `Abd Allah Abbasid, Abbasid Mawsil 145-46 Ja`far b. Amir
al-Mansur Amir official al-Muminin on
al-Muminin al-Mawsil AE, with
subgovernors `Uthman
b. Ashjar and
al-Haytham b.
Mu`awiya; also alone
(BM I p. 199 no. 97).
Also governor in 157,
see AE ANS = RIC 395.
See also Lavoix 1632
with subgovernor Ishaq,
AE 155 (ANS x EPN)
with subgovernor
Hisham b. `Amr (cf. BM
I p. 199 no. 98).
al-Mufawwid. il~ Ja`far b. Ahmad Abbasid wali al-`ahd 256-61, On coins of
All~h al-Mu`tamid 262-78 al-Mu`tamid, as Ja`far
only 256-61, as
al-Mufawwid. il~ All~h
on coins of Samarra,
Jazira, Syria, and Egypt,
262-78.
Ja`far b. Ahmad Banijurid, Samanid al-Khuttal See al-Khuttal mint
official cards. Cf. NZ 1871 p.
180 no. 26; Vasmer NZ
1925 p. 59.
al-Muqtadir billah Abul-Fadl Ja`far b. Ahmad Abbasid caliph 295-320 see al-Husayni 1970 p.
al-Mu`tadid 182 no. 25.
Ja`far b. `Ali Ja`farid Tiflis ca. See Paghava/Bennett
386-418 article (JONS 213 2012).
Ja`far b. Humayd Abbasid official on AE mint? dates? as
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al-Mutawakkil `ala Abu'l-Fadl Ja`far b. Muhammad Abbasid caliph 232-47 Named as al-Mutawakkil
Allah al-Mu`tasim only, without extension,
on AE Paris 1662. See
`Abd Allah b. Humayd.
See al-Husayni 1970 p.
181 no. 18.
al-Tha'ir fi Allah Abu'l-Fadl Ja`far b. Muhammad b. Zaydi imam Hawsam,
Rasul Allah Tabaristan
Ja`far b. Yahya Abbasid official, Damascus, 180-82 fi wilaya Ja`far b. Yahya
Barmakid Muham- added after al-Amin's
madiyya nomenclature in 180-82;
otherwise Ja`far is
identified only as Ja)far.
al-Sultan al-A`zam Jahan Timur Ilkhan 740-41
Jahanshah Rum Seljuq Arzarum ca. 615 on AE nm 615? BM III,
304
Abu'l-Muzaffar Jahanshah b. Qara Yusuf Qara Qoyunlu 839-871 or 872
b. Yusuf see Rabino NC 1950, 115-16, for list
of titles
Burn, NC 1938 for a hoard of his
coins
Jahm Abbasid official Ras 202 Name visible on ANS &
al-`Ayn Khalili examples, rev.
below. With Harun. See
Heidemann, Harran
(2002), no. 23.
Al-Amir Jahwar b. al-Marar Abbasid official al-Rayy 137-388 see NHR pp. 22-23
see Bates, Khurasan
revolutionaries
al-Sultan al-Malik Abu Sa`id Jaqmaq Mamluk
al-Zahir
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Jingiz Arabic form of Chinggis,
q.v. Can also be
transcribed Chingiz.
al-Junayd b. Khalid Abbasid official Bukhara 151 `amil of al-Mahdi. In
texts, Junayd without
article.
al-Junayd b. `Abd al-Rahman Umayyad governor Khurasan 111-16 AE Marw 112,
Musaddid al-Dawla Justan b. Sharmazan Justanid, Jastanid
al-Malik al-A`zam Karman b. Mahmud Mihrabanid Nimruz 753-84 Has been identified as
`Izz al-Haqq Shirvanshah, wrong.
wal-Din BMCOr X p. 179 no.
248e, 248f,, has this
name with slight error in
the title, attributed to
Shirvanshahs. Mirza
wrote 25/9/89 with a
dinar, mint and date x,
same titular inscriptions
but different
arrangement, clear title;
he attributed to
Sistan/Nimruz.
`Izz al-Dunya Kayka'us b. Kaykhusru Rum Seljuq Qunya, 644-46 Some coins (Qunya,
wa'l-Din Zall Allah Amid, This is 610) have `Izz li-Dunya
fi al-`Alam Siwas Kayka'us wa'l-Din. Cf. BM III, p.
II son of 282 (index).
Kaykhusru
II
al-Sultan al-Ghalib Kayka'us b. Kaykhusru Rum Seljuq Qunya, 607-16 Some coins (Qunya,
`Izz al-Dunya Amid, This is 610) have `Izz li-Dunya
wa'l-Din Siwas Kayka'us I wa'l-Din. Cf. BM III, p.
son of 282 (index).
Kaykhusru
I
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Qasim Amir Kayqubad b. Kaykhusru Rum Seljuq 616-34
al-Muminin
Khalaf The name Khalaf by itself appears rather
frequently on Maghribi dirhams and fulus of the
caliphates period (8th-11th centuries). The various
coppers with this name (evidently not all from the
same time and place) are listed and discussed by
Francs Va et al. in OMNI 7 (12/2013), 128ff.
Khalaf Tudgha 175-76 Khalif appears below the
reverse field in 176,
above and below the
reverse in 176. The
name seems to be
identified as Khalaf b.
al-Mada in the reverse
margin.
Wali al-Dawla Abu Ahmad Khalaf b. Ahmad Saffarid 381 Granted title Wali al-Dawla in 381
by al-Qadir.
Khalaf b. al-Mada local ruler Tudgha 175-76 On dirhams in margin,
with Khalaf in reverse
field. See Khalaf above.
al-Sultan al-Malik Khalaf b. Muhammad Ayyubid
al-`Adil
al-Amir Khalid b. Ibrahim Abbasid governor nm 138-39 ahl al-bayt slogan in
(Khurasan margin
or Ma wara' see Khurasani
al-nahr) revolutionaries
Khalid b. `Abbad Umayyad official Bishapur On Arab-Pahlavi AE.
See Curiel & Gyselen,
Fouilles de Bsh~pr,
17-18. See Khalid.bio.
Khalid or b. `Abd Allah Abbasid official Tirmidh 138 see Khurasani
Hammad revolutionaries article
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Khazima b. Hazim Abbasid governor Why is this Khazima and not
Khuzayma? See also the latter.
al-Sultan al-Malik Abu Sa`id Khushqadam Mamluk
al-Zahir
Khusrah-Shah b. Manadhar Sallarid, Daylami al-Rudhbar, see his father
chief 361, 363
Abu'l-`Abbas Khusru Firuz b. al-Hasan Buyid
Taj al-Dawla Khusrumalik b. Khusrushah Ghaznavid 555-83? AE nm BM II 581ff.
Khuzayma Abbasid official Bonner says Khuzayma is correct.
The name and the father's name do
not have any entry in EI2; the index
to EI2 has not, however, been
checked.
Kirman As an ism, Karman, q.v.
Abu'l-Muzaffar Kuchkunji or Shaybanid
Kchkunji
Kulthum b. Hafs al-Mawsil Abbasid official Rayy 163-64 See Miles, NHR 42-43.
(sic?) The fathers name is
doubtful; see the ANS x
Wright example. On all
examples I have seen the
nisba is al-Mawsil,
which Miles corrected to
al-Mawsili in his
description.
al-Amir Kumushtakin al-Jandar Seljuq official joined Barkiyaruq in 485
(Ibn al-Athir Beirut, X,
215).
Kumushtakin Atabeg of See RCEA VIII, 2951.
Damascus?
Atabeg Muayyad Kuntughdi Seljuq official Maragha ca. 513-15 4 variant billon dirhams
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Kurpa Arslan b. Arslan Abah Seljuq official Adharbayja Album letter to
n? MacKenzie 16/11/1972;
cf. Album to Miles
23/12/1972 p. 2 no. 13,
reports a coin with this
name, no mint or date.
Kutlugh Beg See Qutlugh Beg
al-Muayyad li-Din Layla b. Nu`man Alid rebel 309 Nisabur on dirham, with Quran
Allah al-Muntasir X, 36, not previously
li-Al Rasul Allah used on coins. strup,
Masthul Allah Copenhagen catalog;
Tornberg Symbolae IV
Layth Abbasid official Nawkat 205 on fals with Ghassan
Zakariyya,
al-Shash
Basr al-Dunya Lulu Zengid official, Mawsil 619-57 Ruled Mawsil as atabeg
wal-Din Atabek Bektekinid for Mahmud (Zengi),
later al-Malik 619-31; then in his own
al-Rahim name 631-57. Named
perhaps Sultan with al-Malik al-Kamil,
al-Islam? al-Malik al-Ashraf as
Ayyubid and Mamluk
overlords.
Abu'l-Barakat Lutf Allah b. al-Hasan Hamdanid 358-59 Son of Nasir al-Dawla.
See Lane-Poole, Inedited
Arab Coins no. 4 =
BMCOr III p. 9 no. 24
(359 AR). Recorded
with Abu Taghlib Fadl
Allah, q.v., on a single
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`Abd Allah Abu Tamim Ma`add Fatimid caliph
wa-walihi al-Imam
al-Mustansir billah
Amir al-Muminin
Ma`bad Abbasid official Bukhara 148 on AE; perhaps this is
Ma`bad b. al-Khalil,
Tabari III 128.
Mahdi b. `Ali b. Wahsudan error for Mahdi b.
Khusru Firuz, q.v.
Mahdi b. Khusru Firuz Jastanid 1927 Vasmer, pp. 166,
169
al-Mahdi b. al-Muhsin Musha`sha` cf. NC 1950 p. 120
Mahfuz b. Sulayman Abbasid official Misr AE 186-87 Mahfuz and Salih; see
Miles, EIBCE 488ff.
Nizam al-Din Mahmud b. Ibrahim Ghaznavid
Jamal al-Din Mahmud b. Ilaldi Inalid 536-79. Ctsps. Jamal
and Mahmud on late
Roman folles, Album
Checklist 1948, 1959.
No coins. See father.
Abu'l-Qasim Mahmud b. Malikshah Seljuq
Bahluwan Mahmud b. Muhammad
Malik al-Islam Abu'l-Qasim Mahmud b. Muhammad Seljuq
Abu'l-Qaasim OR Mahmud b. Muhammad Seljuq of Iraq The titles wali `ahd
Abu'l-Qasim al-muslimin and wali
`ahdihi on some of his
coins are those of
al-Ghalib, the designated
Abbasid successor.
Mahmud b. Muhammad aka Qutlugh Inanj
Nusrat al-Din Mahmud b. Pishtekin Malik of Ahar Ahar 607-23 Zambaur p. 194

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Mahmud b. al-Rabi` Shamma, ACC p. 159 no.24, for Muhammad b.
al-Rabi`, q.v.
Sayf al-Dawla, then Abu'l-Qaasim OR Mahmud b. Sabuktakin Samanid official, Mahmud of Ghazna
Yamin al-Dawla wa Abu'l-Qasim OR Ghaznavid
Amin al-Milla, Abu LJA
Nizam al-Din
384: al-Wali Sayf
al-Dawla
Makan b. Kati Daylami chief ca. 311-15 See Minorsky letter to
Miles, in Miles
Rashamuj file.
Jalal al-Dunya Abu'l-Fath Malikshah b. Alp Arslan Seljuq
wal-Din OR Jalal
al-Dawla
Jamal al-Milla
Mu`izz al-Din
Abu'l-Fath Malikshah b. Muhammad Seljuq of Iraq
Manadhar b. Justan b. Daylami chief, al-Rudhbar 361 or fathers name is
al-Marzuban Sallarid Jastan or Jasatan
al-Sallar b. see his son Khusrah
Muhammad b. Shah
Musafir
Badshah rwy Zamin Mangu Mongol Mangu, on AV of Lu'lu', BM III, 575
Banda `azima Mangu Mongol on AE mint? 656? with
Lu'lu', BM III 593
Qaan A`zam, Mang Mongol Qaan A`zam on coins of
Qaan al-A`zam, Lulu. General titles for
Qaan al-A`zam the Mongol emperors.
al-`Adil
Abu'l-Muzaffar Mangubirdi Khwarizmshah
al-Malik Mansur b. Nuh Samanid Nisabur 387
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Samsam al-Dawla Abu Kalijar al-Marzuban b. Fanakhusru Buyid Iraq, son of `Adud al-Dawla
wa-Shams al-Milla 372-76 on coins with his father
Malik al-Muluk Fars, as al-Marzuban b. `Adud
Shahanshah 379-88 al-Dawla
Kirman,
372-88
Taj al-Mulk Abu'l-Ghanaim al-Marzuban b. Khuzru-Firuz Ibn Seljuq wazir 485-86 Known as Ibn Darust.
Darust Invested 10 Ram. 485,
died 12 Muh. 486; wazir
for Malikshah, Turkan
Khatun, and Mahmud b.
Malikshah
al-Qaim bi-Hujjat Abu Salah al-Din Mas`ud b. Ibrahim Ghaznavid 492-508
Allah Malik
al-Islam
(also al-Qasim
bi-Amr Allah?)
Abu'l-Fath Mas`ud b. Kayka'us Seljuq of Rum
Nasir Din Allah Abu Sa`id Mas`ud b. Mahmud Ghaznavid
Hafiz `Ibad Allah
Hamadan 423:
al-Nasir li-Din
Allah al-Hafiz
li-`Ibad Allah,
perhaps a local
misunderstanding
Abu'l-Muzaffar Mas`ud Shah Delhi Sultan
Qutb al-Din, Qutb Mawdud Ghaznavid
al-Milla
Shihab al-Dawla Mawdud b. Mas`ud Ghaznavid Ghazna, 435
wa-Fakhr al-Umma Nisabur
wa-Rukn al-Milla
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Abu'l-Mansur or Minushihr Ziyarid
Abu Mansur
Mu`adh Abbasid governor Tabariyya, 221
Marw? 222
Mu`adh b. Muslim Mawla Abbasid governor no mint name (probably see his son Yahya, on
al-Mahdi in Khurasan), 142; with n.m. 174
Ruh on Jibal al-Fidda, see BANUMUAD.BIO
155, with suffix Mawla
al-Mahdi
Mu`awiya b. Zufar al-Hilali Abbasid official Syria? 203 Several AE in Tbingen.
Info from Ilisch e-mail
to ICG 10/11/2003. The
only example with a
legible date belongs to
Nizar Jarkas (nm coin
images).
Mubarak Abbasid official M. 173, 175
al-Salam
Muhamma-
diyya?
Nasir al-Dawla Mubashir b. Sulayman Mallorca Mayurqa 486-508 with al-Imam Abd Allah
Amir al-Muminin,
presumably referring to
the Abbasid caliph.
Abu'l-Majid Muhalhil b. Muhammad `Annazid
Muhammad Abbasid AE Jayy 191
Muhammad al-Barmaki Abbasid governor Tawwaj ca. 180
al-Amir al-`Adil Muhammad al-Mawardi unknown
al-`Alim
al-Wali Muhammad Samanid official Nisabur 364 etc.
Muhammad unknown With lillah on quarter
dinar: not Aghlabid.
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Amir al-Mu'minin Muhammad b. `Abbad rebel Sicily 616-19 see Sicily
al-Mu`tamid `ala Abu'l-Qasim Muhammad b. `Abbad b. `Abbadid Spain, 461-84
Allah Muhammad b. Seville
`Abbad
al-Mahdi Muhammad b. `Abd Allah `Abbasid
Muhammad b. `Abd Allah `Abbasid official Bukhara 211 with Talha b.
Dhil-Yaminayn
Abu `Amir Muhammad b. `Abd Allah `Amirid Spain
Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad b. `Abd Allah Hasani Sharif
al-Mutawakkil `ala Muhammad b. `Abd Allah Hasani Sharif
Allah
Muhammad b. `Abd Allah Ibn `Amirid
Abi `Amir
Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad b. `Abd al-Mu'min Muwahhid
Muhammad b. `Ali Murabit successor Batalyus 543 Vives 1914; see mint file
Muhammad b. `Amr Saffarid Fars 272-74 with father `Amr, Shiraz
and Fars mints
al-Malik al-Kamil Abu'l-Ma`ali Muhammad b. Abi Bakr Ayyubid Egypt and
Nasir al-Dunya Syria
wal-Din
al-Qahir billah Muhammad b. Ahmad Abbasid caliph 317, Put on the throne briefly
320-22 in 317, no coins.
Abu Da'ud Muhammad b. Ahmad Banijurid ca.
273-28x
`Uddat al-Dunya Abu Nasr Muhammad b. Ahmad Abbasid Dimashq, ca. Son and successor of
wa'l-Din 589 580-622 as al-Nasir; unique caliph
al-Zahir bi-Amr Irbil, 622 successor with kunya Abu Nasr.
Allah M. 622-23 as
al-Salam, caliph
...586-620..
.

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al-Mutawakkil `ala Muhammad b. Faris Marinid
Allah
Abu `Ali Muhammad b. al-Qasim Abbasid governor `Adan, 346-59 Father's name without
Yemen alif. Known only from
coins..
al-Mutawakkil `ala Muhammad b. al-Hasan Hafsid
Allah
Muhammad b. Hasan Abbasid official Khuttal 177 AE
Abu'l-Hayja' Muhammad b. al-Husayn Rawwadid
Muyariz al-Din Muhammad b. al-Muzaffar Muzaffarid
Taj al-Umma Abu Ja`far Muhammad b. Dushmanzar Kakwayhid
Abu'l-Muzaffar Muhammad b. Ghazi Ayyubid
al-Malik al-Kamil Abu'l-Ma`ali Muhammad b. Ghazi Ayyubid al-Kamil II
Nasir al-Dunya
wal-Din
al-Mu`tasim billah Abu Ishaq Muhammad b. Harun Abbasid AE Isbahan 213
Egypt 214
nm 217
al-Wali Abu'l-Hasan Muhammad b. Ibrahim Simjurid 350-78 Sometimes named as
al-Wali Muhammad.
Jahan Pahlawan Abu Ja`far Muhammad b. Ildeghiz Ildeghizid
al-Mahdi billah Muhammad b. Idrisid Idrisid
al-Mu`tazz billah Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad b. Ja`far Abbasid caliph 251-55
Abu'l-Walid Muhammad b. Jahwar Banu Jahwar
Muhammad b. Juhur
Muhammad b. al-Mahdi Sarbadar or one of See Smith thesis p. 144
their officials & no. 76; the ANS has a
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Jalal al-Dawla Abu Ahmad Muhammad b. Mahmud Ghaznavid
Jamal al-Milla
Abu'l-Muzaffar Muhammad b. Mahmud Seljuq of Iraq
Shahanshah Abu Shuja` Muhammad b. Malikshah Seljuq 498-511 gov. of Baghdad, 492ff.,
al-Sultan and in rebellion against
al-Mu`azzam his brother Barkiyaruq
al-Malik al-`Adil most of that time. For his
Ghiyath al-Dunya full titles, see RCEA
wal-Din Nasir VIII, 2934, 2973. Royal
al-Islam title occurs as Malik
wal-Muslimin `Adil, Malik al-`Adil,
and al-Malik al-`Adil
al-Mu`tasim billah Abu Yahya Muhammad b. Ma`n Almeria, Banu al-Mariyya, 443-84
Sumadih? Almeria
Nasr al-Dawla Abu Nasr Muhammad b. Marwan Marwanid Mayyafariq 401-53 Name has also been read
in & Amid Ahmad.
al-Sultan Abu'l-Muzaffar Muhammad b. Mas`ud Ghurid of Bamiyan Balkh 558-88
al-Mu`azzam Shams
al-Dunya wa'l-Din
Muhammad b. Mawlana Nasrid Granada Muhammad II b. Yusuf
Muhammad b. Mikail Muslim names of the
Seljuq Tughril Beg
wali `ahd Muhammad b. Muhammad Hudid
al-muslimin
Sayyid al-Umara' Abu `Ali Muhammad b. Muhammad Sijmurid governor, Khurasan 378-84, Nisabur, 383-84
Samanid off 385
`Amid al-Dawla Muhammad b. Muhammad Ibn Abbasid wazir 467-71, Not named on coins.
Juhayr 471-76, See Muhammad.bio.
484-93
Nusrat al-Dunya Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Mihrabanid
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Muhammad b. Muqatil b. Hakim al-`Akki Abbasid governor Ifriqiya 181ff. Known as Muhammad
al-`Akki. Al-Qazzaz
1965 p. 170 no. 8
al-Amir Muhammad b. Musa b. Tulun Abbasid and Tulunid Cilicia, on AE nm nd: Lavoix,
governor Tarsus Paris 1666; ANS
1917.215.479;
1917.215.480. See
Miles, Tarsus, 21 (27
specimens). Cast coins.
Muh. ammad was a
grandson of Tulun,
known from al-Tabar.
Muhammad b. Musafir father of al-Maruzban; cf. Vasmer 1927 p. 168.
Muhammad b. al-Muzaffar b. Muhtajid, Samanid Nisabur 320-23, Zambaur, Genealogy,
al-Muhtaj governor 323-26? 44, 204
ntMuhammad b. al-Rabi` Abbasid official al-Ramla 247 with al-Muntasir billah;
SNAT 117; Paris 1583;
Shamma ACC p. 159 no.
24 (identified as Raqqa).
Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad b. Sa`d Amir of V alencia & Spain
Murcia
Abu'l-Fath Muhammad b. Sam Ghurid
Abu'l-Muzaffar Muhammad b. Sam Ghurid
al-Sultan al-Malik Abu'l-Ghazi or Muhammad b. Shah Budagh Shaybanid
al-A`zam Abu'l-Fath
Abu'l-Fayd Muhammad b. Subhan Quli
Abu'l-Fath or Muhammad b. Takash Khwarizmshah
Abu'l-Muzaffar
Muhammad b. Talut `Abbasid official Bukhara 209, 211 with Talha b.
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al-Qaim bi-Amr Muhammad b. Tumart Muwahhid founder Named as al-Qaim on the coins of
Allah al-Mahdi his successors, and of other dynasties
that recognized them, such as the
Hafsids and Ahmad b. Qasi of
Mertola. Also known as the Mahdi.
Muhammad b. al-W... Abbasid official 182? on AE mint x, with
al-Amin and Isma`il
al-Mutawakkil `ala Muhammad b. Ya`qub Marinid
Allah
Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad b. Ya`qub Muwahhid
Muhammad b. Yahya Abbasid, Tahirid Khwarazm
al-Mustansir billah Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad b. Yahya Hafsid
al-Amir Muhammad b. Yazid Khariji or Zaydi Baward Abbasid Coin image from Zarkas
(Abiward) period? on zeno.ru 8195. La
hukm illa Allah + Zaydi
jaa al-haqq.... See
Baward mint record and
coin images, including
Ilisch discussion.
Muhammad b. Yusuf Mongol on AE, mint x, with
period? al-mulk lillah; formerly
Spain, now Farwan in
ANS.
al-Musta`in billah Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad b. Yusuf Nasrid
Abu'l-Mukaram Muhammad b. Yusuf Aq Qoyunlu
al-Malik al-Mansur Abu'l-Ma`ali Muhammad b. Yusuf Ayyubid Egypt, died 617 son of Salah al-Din
Nasir al-Dunya 595-96
wa'l-Din Hamah,
587-617
al-Mutawakkil `ala Muhammad b. Yusuf Hudid?
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Muhammad b. Zakariya Abbasid official Tarablus 219 "b. Zakaraya" resembles
Sakr, Shukr, etc.
Qutb al-Dunya Muhammad b. Zengi Zengid
wal-Din
Muhammad b. Zubayr Abbasid official Mah with Sindi see Harashi.bio.
al-Kufa b. Yahya
Abu'l-Ghazi Muhammad `Ali Khan of Khuqand Khuqand
al-Muhasin b. Hatim Samanid official? Farghana 366 al-Muhasin b. Hatim
al-Farghani? DMF p.
120 no. 127.
Sharaf al-Dawla Mu`izz b. Badis Zirid
al-Muwaffaq billah Abu'l-Jaysh Mujahid b. `Abd Allah al-`Amiri Daniya ca. 405-36 on coins, Mujahid, with
`Ali and Hasan, his sons
(both known; cf. Vives,
p. 212). Cf. Prieto, 122.
Mujib Banjhir, ca. 299 die engraver under
Panjhir Samanid rule? See NZ
1871, 183-84, and Mzpr
s.v. Ma`dan Panjhir.
Recorded in notes as
Mujib al-`Aziz, probably
from NZ 1871. Cf.
CNS 1.2.39.188 illus,
with naqasha Mujib,
attributed to Banjhir,
299. See Rispling paper
1988. See die
engravers.wpd in notes.
Abu'l-Muzaffar Murad b. Ya`qub Aq Qoyunlu
Musa Mawla Amir Abbasid official Qinnasrin 157 AE, with Ahmad
al-Mu'minin
Musa Abbasid official Misr 180 on AR dirham, with
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Musa b. `Abd Allah Abbasid official on AE Halab 239, with al-Amir Bugha mawla amir
al-muminin
Abu'l-Fath Musa b. Abi Bakr Ayyubid
al-Natiq Musa b. Amir son of al-Amin; see
al-Mu'minin Musa b. Muhammad.
al-Mutawakkil `ala Musa b. Faris Marinid
Allah
al-Amir Musa b. Khaqan Abbasid official Nisabur? 201? A relative of `Ubayd
Allah b. Yahya b.
Khaqan, or al-Fadl b.
Khaqan? Zambaur,
Contributions, 65
al-Hadi Musa b. Muhammad Abbasid caliph 169-70 as successor, al-Muh.
wali `ahd al-Mahdi 167 (Berlin 852).
al-muslimin Bukhara 160 baraka
li-Musa wali `ahd
al-muslimin
al-Amir al-Natiq Musa b. Muhammad Abbasid Dimashq 194 son and wali `ahd of
bil-Haqq al-Amin al-Amin
Musa b. Muhammad Abbasid official on AE nm nd, Nizar
Jarkas collection
al-Musta`in billah Musa b. Muhammad Amir al-Gharb
al-Amir Musa b. Mus`ab Abbasid official Balad 155 on AE
Sharaf al-Dawla Muslim b. Quraysh `Uqaylid So Zambaur index. See
s-r-d. Small AE or
billion, `Uqaylid, with
Sharaf in a small circle
and al-Dawla on a circle
on the reverse; but the
reading is dubious.
al-Amir Sani`at Abu Nasr Muta`in Numayrid Yemen 450's With Fatimid
al-Dawla al-Mustansir; Nicol INJ
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Muthanna Abbasid official Ruyan, in 174 Identified by DeShazo,
Tabaristan "Abbasid Miscellany,"
as Muthanna b. al-Hajjaj.
Sharaf al-Din al-Muzaffar b. al-Mansur Muzaffarid
Sharaf al-Din al-Muzaffar b. Muhammad Muzaffarid
Nabil on a coin of the Tujibid
Mundhir b. Yahya
al-Khalifa Nabil Tortosa ca. 451? See Prieto 195
Nasr al-Din or Nasir Najah b. `Ali Yemen Zabid 418-40 `Umara ed. Kay, 12,
al-Din al-Muzaffar says Nasir al-Din, but
or al-Muayyad coins have Nasr al-Din.
Nomenclature
problematic.
Najba see Ibn Najba
Nasir al-Haqq Ilek Nasr Qarakhan, Ilek-khan Bukhara 393 BMCOr II, 432, 437, etc.
Padisha, Ilek Malik
Nasr b. Bahramshah Saffarid 1221-22 see Album FPL 15-317
not illus.
Nasr b. Habib al-Muhallabi Abbasid governor Ifriqiya, 1965Q, p. 170;
174-77 Zambaur, p. 63
Nasr b. al-Hasan b. Firuzanid Bistam, governor of Damghan for Fakhr
al-Firuzan 375 al-Dawla; cf. Zambaur p. 216; Ibn
al-Athir IX, 60; see Lashkarzad b.
al-Hasan; see Mzpr s.v. Damghan,
note 3; cf. his father al-Hasan.
Nasr b. Shahrnush Seljuq official Ruyan, Ustundar of Ruyan, according to
502-04 Morton (ltr to Miles 18/11/72); on
dinars of al-Ruyan and Kuju; but
Album, ltr. To Miles 23/12/72 p. 2
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Nasr b. Muhammad b. Abbasid governor Sind, 168 cf. 1964Q p. 260 n. 16, p. 267 no. 23,
al-Ash`ath citing Ismail Ghalib (Constantinople)
p. 138
Ghalib refers to coin of Isbahan, 168
(says Nasr might have been governor
there before Sind), while al-Qazzaz
mentions coin of Basra, 167; both
have only Nasr on coin.
cf. Berlin 2136 AE
are these coins of Nusayr?
Abu'l-Juyush Nasr b. Muhammad Nasrid on coins of son
Muhammad (IX)
al-Saghir
Nasr b. Sa`d Abbasid governor cf. Sourdel, Kabul no. 51
& p. 12 note 1
Shibl al-Dawla Abu Kamil Nasr b. Salih Mirdasid cf. Sauvaire, NC 1873,
p. 339
Nasr b. Sayyar Umayyad governor Balkh 122 On AE in Tbingen. Also AE from
Tadjikistan excavation, Rtveladze
EV 23 1985 p. 38 no. 1.
Nusayr al-Wasif Abbasid official see Nusayr.bio. On AE
Massisa et al.
Nusayr Fatimid on 0000.999.7481,
contemporary Fatimoid AE with
Nusayr wa-`Ali in
central circle, in
uncertain Syria tray.
Padisha See Ilek Nasr
Pir see also Bir
Pir Budaq b. Iskandar Qara Quyunlu 869-71 see NC 1950 p. 116
Pir Budaq b. [Qara] Yusuf Qara Quyunlu cf. Rabino NC 1950 p.
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Pir Butaq see Pir Budaq
Pir Muhammad b. `Umar Shaykh Timurid Fars 807-10 governor of Fars; see
Album 23/12/72 no. 8,
nm nd
Abu'l-Fadl? Pir Muhammad b. Sulayman Shaybanid 1007 BM VII, p. 117 under pa'
Pir... see Pir...
Shams al-Ma`ali Qabus b. Wushmagir Ziyarid 367-403 See Qabus.bib.
al-Qadr b. ... Abbasid official On an ANS fals, mint
and date unread. Name
is dubious.
Qahtaba al-Bab 155 Lowick/ Savage p. 339
al-Sultan al-Malik Abul-Nasr Qa'itbay Mamluk Egypt Syria
al-Ashraf
al-Sultan al-Malik Qala'un al-Salihi Qasim Mamluk Egypt Syria 678-689
al-Mansur Sayf Amir
al-Dunya wa'l-Din al-Mu'minin
al-Sultan al-Malik Abu Sa`id Qansuh Mamluk Egypt Syria
al-Zahir
al-Malik al-`Adil Qara Arslan Beg Seljuq of Kirman 462 on AV, Bardasir, 462,
`Imad al-Dawla Qawurd BM III, 75; also 454. Cf.
Maqdisi, Ibn `Aqil, 128,
131-32.
Abu'l-Harith Qara Arslan b. Da'ud Artuqid An inscription, RCEA
IX pp. 48-49, 3271.
Al-Malik Qara Arslan b. Ghazi Artuqid Mardin 658-91 Hexagram coins with
al-Muzaffar Majd Hulagu; identification
al-Din uncertain.
Qara `Uthman b. Qutluq Aq Quyunlu
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Qaraja Saqi Seljuk official Fars 510 ff. From an Album letter
(513-26) 23/1/1073 p. 1A; on a
coin of Fasa, 521; was
Atabeg of Seljuk Shah.
Le Strange, Lands,
251-52 note 1, mentions
him as Karachah,
governor of Fars after
Chauli (Chavli).
Qaratakin Samanid governor Balkh 327
Qarghawayh Halab 358 Or Qarghuya. With
Bajkur. See Arroyo,
NCirc 87 no. 3 (3/1979),
pp. 120-21; CNS
1.2.7.789;
Mnzprgungen p. 107
note 13.
Qarin Bawandid Sariyya 508 On a dinar, reported by
Album 3/12/1972,
3/1/1963 p. 7 no. 10 and
p. 8 no. 11.
al-Qasim b. Hammud Hammudid
al-Amir al-Qasim b. Muhammad Hammudid al-Amir al-Qasim,
named on fathers coins
al-Mutamin al-Qasim b. Harun Abbasid successor, Damascus, 192 Third successor to
governor Aleppo (189-93) al-Rashids caliphate;
not named on coins? But
letter Q on Dimashq 192
AE is for him.
Zambaur Genealogy p.
32, governor of Halab
193-313
Qasim Hammudid official? 418-27 On coins of Yahya b.
`Ali; perhaps Qasim b.
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al-Imam al-Mamun al-Qasim b. Hammud Hammudid 408-14 Sometimes named as
billah Amir al-Mamun b. Hammud.
al-Muminin See Prieto 110-11 for
full discussion of his
coinage. With Yahya (b.
`Ali) as wali al-`ahd on
Sabta coins; with
al-Mu`izz (b. Ziri) on a
coin of Fas; with Hasan,
then Muhammad as wali
al-`ahd on al-Andalus.
al-Wathiq billah al-Qasim b. Muhammad b. Hammudid al-Jazira in 440-46 Recorded only on coins
Idris Andalus of his father as al-Amir
al-Qasim, governor.
Wali al-Dawla Abul-Husayn al-Qasim b. `Ubayd Allah b. Abbasid wazir caliphate 288-91, wazir for al-Mu`tadid
Sulayman b. Wahb with title and al-Muktafi;
b. Sa`id only 191 posthumously on coins
in 292 and 293, see
Zambaur, Gene. p. 7
note 5. On AE, P. 1660,
1661. See Vasmer NZ
1925 p. 56. Although
al-Qasim was honored
with a title, the third
wazir to receive one, he
died in the same year.
Coins without his title
might be struck at the
beginning of the year or
the end of it. See
Tiesenhausen 2175 for
quotations and citations
about this.
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Qasim b. `Abd Allah Erroneous reading for
Hashim b. `Abd Allah,
governor of San`a 194.
Abu'l-Muzaffar or Qasim b. Jahangir Aq Qoyunlu 897-910 See NC 1950 pp.
Abu'l-Nasr 133-34.
Qasim b. Sulayman Hammudid See Yahya b. `Ali,
Hammudid.
Qawurd Seljuq of Kirman see Qara Arslan Beg
Qawurd
Qays? Tudgha 177 al-Qazzaz, Smer 21
(1965), p. 170, mint
wrongly read
al-Amir al-Hajib Qilij Samanid official Farghana 357-59 Akhsikat, 357: al-Amir
Qilij al-Hajib
Farghana, 358: Qilij
al-Hajib
Burhan Amir Qilij Arslan (IV) Rum Seljuq AR, Ma`dan..., 655, BM
al-Mu'minin III, 248
Abu'l-Fath Qilij Arslan b. Kaykhusru Rum Seljuq
al-Malik al-Nasir Qilij Arslan b. Muhammad Ayyubid Hamah 617-26
Salah al-Dunya
wal-Din
Rukn al-Dunya Qilij Tafghaj b. Muhammad Ilek Khan Bukhara ca. 558 to On AV, mint and date x:
wal-Din Khan Arslan Khan before al-Khaqan al-`Adil Rukn
578? al-Dunya wal-Din Qilij
Tafghaj Khan (Azami ltr
to GCM 16/3/1973).
Nasab etc. from
Zambaur, Geneaologie.
Mu`tamid al-Dawla Abul-Muni) Qirwash b. al-Muqallid `Uqaylid al-Mawsil 391-444
Dhul-`Aziz?

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al-Qusi see b. al-Qusi (cf. NZ
1871 p. 175 no. 160)
`Ismat al-Dunya Qutlugh-Turkan Qutlugh Khan Kirman 677 widow of Qutb al-Din
wal-Din Khatun Muhammad; Zambaur
237. On AV Kirman,
677.
Nur al-Dawla Qutlugh Bek Seljuq official On dinar, mint?, 4x8, with Malik Shah and
al-Muqtadi; see Munzel to MLB 18/8/1975; on
dinar, mint x, 48x, with Barkiyaruq (Paris, Album
notes p. 53). Shiraz, Farah mints, ca. 483: see
Album, Checklist 1674, ANS 1966.136.28.
Fakhr al-Muluk Qutlugh Bek Anur Seljuq official on Shiraz dinar 491 with Barkiyaruq
Qutlugh Inanj
Sa`d al-Dawla Qutlugh Seljuq official see Lowick 1970 p. 249; AV ANS 1973.203, with
Atabeg Yurunqush Mahmud, Sanjar, and al-Mustarshid; also seen as
Qutluq. See Yurunqush al-Zakawi.
Qutluq Bik See Aq Quyunlu `Uthman b. Qutluq.
Abu'l-Musayyib Rafi` b. al-Husayn Uqaylid
Rashid b. Qadim Walila, R~shid (not Rashd) on
Morocco eighth(?) century
coppers of Walila
Sharaf al-Dawla Abu Shuja` Rasultakin Seljuq
Rawh b. Hatim Abbasid official Tabaristan 146-48 On TPWRSTAN drahms
of 146-47 and Tabaristan
dirhams of 146-48, with
al-Mahdi
Muhammad.Ma`din
Amr al-Muminn.
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al-Muqtadir billah Rujar al-Thani Norman Messina or 525-26, Roger or Ruggero II,
al-Malik al-Ajall Palermo probably Norman King of Sicily;
Di Mardino, "Un
interessante tari..."
Rustam Abbasid governor al-Mubarak 176-80 See `Askar b. Rustam.
a
Amir al-Umara' Abu Talib Rustam b. `Ali Buyid Rayy, 387-420 son of Fakhr al-Dawla;
al-Sayyid or Saburkhwa (except see NHR 202, 205, and
al-Amir al-Sayyid st 397-98) pp. 173-76.
Majd al-Dawla
wa-Kahf l-Umma
wa-`Izz al-Milla
Shahanshah
al-Sultan al-Malik... Abu'l-Muzaffar Rustam b. Maqsud Aq Quyunli
Sa`d b. ... Abbasid official `ala yaday Sa`d b. ...
with al-Amir Hisham b.
...
Sa`d b. Ibrahim Abbasid official Ghazza Tbingen has AE
Ghazza, with Shuja` and
Sa`d (b. Ibrahim?).
al-Musta`in billah Sa`d b. `Ali b. Yusuf b. Nasrid Gharnata 849-50,
`Abd Allah Muhammad 857-66
Sadaqa b. `Ali mawla Amir Arran 209 On dirhams; Nicol,
al-Muminin Administration, p. 208
Sa`id Abbasid official n on AE Paris 1662, with
al-Mutawakkil and `Abd
Allah [b. Humayd]
Sa`id Abbasid official 144 on AE no mint 144 with
Bahira, Bukhtari or the
like (SICA 2 1629).
Sa`id Abbasid official Jayy 150 on AE with al-Mahdi b.
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Sa`id Abbasid official Jubayl nd Tb AL9 A1
Sa`id Abbasid official Qaysariyya d. m. Tb AM5 C1, with
Buhturi
Sa`id Abbasid official Misr 180 on AR dirham, with
Musa
Mumahhid Abu Mansur Sa`id b. Marwan Marwanid Diyar Bakr, 387-401 Bosworth NID 80. Sa`d
al-Dawla Khilat, acquired the title after
Malazgird 390. Al-Ghalib billah on
Mayyafari- some is successor to the
qin caliphate.
Sa`id b. Barghash Zanzibar ca. 1299 Sultan of Zanzibar
Sa`id b. Hazim Harat 152 fals reported by Nastich,
Addition (2012).
Sa`id b. Sa`id Banijurid see Al-Ush 1973 p. 174;
dynastic affiliation not
supported by any source
Sa`id b. al-Surh Abbasid official Ramla nd [ca. AE Tb AM6 E5, with
205] Abi al-RMAR. Also
MLB. See Lavoix, note
to no. 1586. See mints.
Sa`id b. `Abd Allah unknown al-Andalus 403 unknown figure, on AR
al-Andalus, 403(?) with
Umayyad Hisham II;
unpublished ANS
1953.106....; not in CUS
al-Wazir Sa`id b. `Abd Allah Abbasid wazir, with on Sallarid coin; 1927
Sallarid Vasmer p. 174 no. 11; p.
176.
Sa`id b. Yahya Abbasid official al-Raqqa 199

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Sa`id b. Yusuf unknown al-Andalus 402-04, unknown figure. On
411 coins of Umayyads of
Spain, 402, 403, 404
(latter with Hisham II
posthumously); on coin
of Hammudid of 411; cf.
CUS p. 64 no. 37
Sakr error for b. Zakarya
(Muahhamad) which see
Sakuka, Shakuka Abbasid official? Qumm 432 ANS 1973.155. H. M.
Brown wrote 5/12/1972
about a coin, same mint
and date, with the name
Saaduudah (as recorded
by me. This must be the
same name, which I
recorded directly from
the coin as Shakuukah,
although the first letter is
obviously uncertain. The
Ks seem certain. Only
al-Qaim is otherwise
named. Unknown
official.
Salih b. Duad Abbasid official Sabur 164-64 on AE with Musa b.
Amir al-M.
al-Sultan al-`Adil, Salih b. Ghazi Ayyubid Mardin ca. 748 Father of Ahmad; for
al-Sultan al-Malik coins, see NBS III,
al-Salih 29-30, 32; see Mardin in
mints. AE in ANS.
Asad al-Dawla Abu `Ali Salih b. Mirdas Mirdasid
wa-Maqarrha
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al-Sultan al-Malik Salih b. Muhammad Mamluk
al-Salih Salah
al-Din
Salim Abbasid official? Abbasiyya Tiesenhausen 1045,
from Erdmann. Also Y.
Lemberg sent a coin
possibly of Abbasiyya
with this name, Saalim.
Atabak, Malik Saljuq Shah Seljuq official Shiraz 520 On AV Shiraz, 517, 519,
al-Umara' 520, 524 (letter Album
to GCM 3/1/73 p. 9 no.
16; explains that Seljuq
has been misread Sharju,
in his letter of 23/1/73 p.
1A). Malik of Qaraajaa
Saaqii, 513-26;
succeeded by
Mankubarz. See Num.
Lit. 95-294. See LPIAC
14-17; NC 1970 p. 247;
BMCOr III 676 ff.
Salm Abbasid official Arran 197 Zambaur Contr. 64.
Salm b. Qutayba Abbasid official Rayy, 145, 146 see Khurasani
Basra revolutionaries
Salm b. al-Musayyib governor Istakhr on undated AE
al-Sultan al-A`zam Abu'l-Mu'ayyad Sam b. Muhammad Ghurid of Bamiyan Wakhsh 588-602
Baha' al-Dunya
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Samil Abbasid? Morocco 171 or something like, on
Abbasiyya 171, with
Yazid, Album auction 13
408. Speculatively, ac-
cording to Album,
Samil could be the
mint-manager and pos-
sibly Jewish. In any
case, the minuscule
personal names in an
assymetric arrangement
indicate Moroccan
minting, near Tudgha or
Walila.
Malik Riqab Abu'l-Harith Sanjar b. Malikshah Seljuq his Muslim name was
al-Umam? Ahmad
Abu'l-Harith Sanjar b. Tughanshah Seljuq amir of Nisabur
Baha' al-Dawla Saqawt b. Muhammad Berghawata Sabta 453-71 On coins, obv.
al-Mansur al-Ma`an al-Mansur / al-Ma`an,
rev. al-Hajib / Baha'
al-Dawla / al-`Izz. Cf.
Hazard, pp. 58-59 et al.;
Miles, Muluk al-Tawa'if,
40-41. Al-Hajib al-`Izz
is probably Saqawt's son,
al-`Izz b. Sawawt.
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Sard Probable reading of s-r-d
in circle, on small AE or
billon, probably
`Uqaylid, Diyar Rabi`a,
in ANS. Note the first
letter is sin, not sad. Not
to be confused with S.rd,
S.urad, named on
al-Muhammadiyya in
2nd century.
Saydari b. Wazir Mertola after
Murabit
al-Amir Sani`at Shabib Numayrid Yemen 411-27 With Fatimid al-Zahir.
al-Dawla See Nicol, INJ 10, 60, 69
wa-Fakhruh~ no. 30.
al-Sultan al-Malik Sha`ban b. al-Nasir Mamluk Egypt and
al-Kamil Sayf Muhammad Syria
al-Din
Taj al-Din Shah ruler of Kish Kish 601
Abu'l-Harith Shah Sultan Qutlughkhan ca. 696
Sharaf Possible, but incorrect,
reading of s-r-d in circle,
on small AE or billon,
probably `Uqaylid,
Diyar Rabi`a, in ANS.
Sharaf b. Muhammad Amir of Bitlis Bitlis cf. BMCOr VII 246;
Zambaur p. 231 n. 4;
NBS III, p. 34.
Sa`d al-Dawla Abu'l-Ma`ali Sharif b. `Ali Hamdanid 356-81 Son of Sayf al-Dawla;
ruled Aleppo, 356-81.
Named on AR with the
Fatimid caliph Nizar
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Abu'l-Ma`ali Sharif b. Sa`id Hamdanid Halab 394 ruled Aleppo, 394.
Sharju Shah Error for Saljuq Shah
Sharwan b. Rustam Bawandid Firim 375 Known only on Firim
375, with caliph, without
any Buyid; cf. Album to
MLB 10/3/73. Bosworth
NID has Sharwin. The
dirham is in Tbingen
Sharaf al-Dawla Abu'l-Fawaris Shirdil b. Fanakhusru Buyid
Kamal al-Dawla Shirzad b. Mas`ud 508-09
Shu`ayb Abbasid official Shu`ayb and `Umar on
AE, Paris 1657.
Shuja` Abbasid official Ghazza Tbingen has AE
Ghazza, with Shuja` and
Sa`d (b. Ibrahim?).
Shukr Abbasid official Tarablus 229 error for "b. Zakariya,"
i.e. Muhammad b.
Zakariya, q.v.
Shurayk See `Umar b. Shurayk.
Sufyan b. Mu`awiya b. al-Muhallabi Abbasid official Basra 140-45 Governor of Basra,
Yazid 140-45; does the letter
sin on Basra coins
144-45 refer to him? Cf.
1962 al-Qazzaz p. 134
note 2
al-Malik al-`Adil (or Sukman b. Muhammad b. Artuqid Hisn Kayfa 581-97 on AE al-Hisn 581, 584,
... al-Mas`ud) Qutb Qara Arslan b. 594; see BMCOr III,
al-Din Mu`in Artuq 338, 340, 393, but on
al-Imam al-Nasir latter, al-Malik
li-Din Allah al-Mas`ud (which
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Sulayman Abbasid official Nihawand AE 154 al-Mahdi `ala yaday
Sulayman
Sulayman b. `Abd al-Malik Umayyad Ramla, On a fals doubtless of Ramla,
90-96 undated: Sulayman b. Khalifat Allah
(SNAT 525a; Schindel, ONSNL 172
(2002), 5-7).
al-Musta`in billah Sulayman b. al-Hakam Umayyad caliph of
Spain
al-Musta`in billah Abu Ayyub Sulayman b. Hud Hudid
al-Mutawakkil `ala Sulayman b. Salim Ziyanid
Allah
Taj al-Dawla Sulayman b. Yusuf Hudid
Atabik Sunqur Seljuq governor Amul ca. 504 on AV 504 with Muh. b.
Malikshah and Ahmad
[b. Muh.]
al-Malik al-Kamil Sunqur Mamluk Syria 679
Shams al-Din
Qasim Amir
al-Muminin
Surad Abbasid official? Name on
al-Muhammadiyya and
Ma`dan Bajunays
dirhams, 174-95. See
Surad.bio.
Abu `Abd Allah Tahir Tahirid This is Tahir "II"; but the
kunya is doubtful,
perhaps a mistaken
identification of Abu
`Abd Allah al-Mu`tazz.
Abu'l-Muzaffar Takash b. Il-Arslan Khwarizmshah sometimes read
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Takash Beg Seljuk of 466 on AV, mint?, BM III,
Tukharistan 76
Talha Abbasid official of See RNB 1875 p. 192
the Tahirid family no. 7
(Talha b. Tahir) See Tiesenhausen index.
AE Bukhara 206 = L/S
833 (not securely read)..
Al-Muwaffaq billah Abu Ahmad Talha b. Jafar southern 261-78 title al-Muwaffaq
al-Nasir li-Din al-Mutawakkil Iraq and acquired in 261, title
Allah eastern al-Nasir added in 270.
caliphate HKLK p. 182 nos. 29,
only 31.
RIC p. 84.
NZ 1871 p. 177 no. 2.
al-Amir Talha b. Dhil-Yaminayn Bukhara 209, 211 Same as Talha b. Tahir.
Dhu changes to Dhi in
the genitive case.
With Muhammad b.
Talut (209, 211) and
Muhammad b. `Abd
Allah.
al-Amir Talha b. Tahir Abbasid official of Not confirmed if name
the Tahirid family appears in this form on
coins.
Talha b. Yahya Abbasid official
al-Mustansir billah Abu Ma`add Tamim b. Bulukkin Zirid
Taraka Abbasid official Kufa, 165-67 DeShazo, "Arab Gov-
Ifriqiya, 172-73 ernor Identified," sug-
gests this might be the
grandfather of Hafs b.
`Umar b. Taraka, named
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Al-Wali Husam Tash al-Hajib Samanid official? Farghana 366 Cf. Ahmad b. `Ali. AE
al-Dawla Nisabur 371-76 DMF p. 120 no. 27
(Farghana, 366)
See Frye, CHIr IV, 156:
a Turkish general;
defeated in 377, died
378. See Tash.bio.
Amir al-Muslimin Tashfin b. `Ali Murabit as successor 533-38,
[wa-] Nasir al-Din wali `ahdihi al-Amir
Tashfin; alone, 537-40;
with son & successor
Ibrahim, 538-40
Qaan al-A`z. am Temjn Kh~n Mongol personal name of
Chingiz, on undentified
AV, shahada obv.,
`Azami to GCM
16/3/1973, no. 4
Abu `Alwan Thamal b. Salih Mirdasid
Qaan al-A`zam Timujin Khan Mongol Presumably Jingiz Khan
(Temjin was his
personal name), on AV x
x, Azami to GCM
16/3/73 no. 4, with
shahada obverse.
al-Sultan al-Malik Abu Sa`id Timurbugha Mamluk
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Tugha Timur Chagatay 670-681 Miles had a notecard for
the Tugha Timurid
dynasty, citing Markovv
p. 598, RNB 1864 p.349.
Probably this refers to
Buqa or Toqa Timur; I
have not checked it out.
Otherwise Bosworth
NID has no entry for
such a person or
dynasty. See Buqa
Timur.q
Qiwam al-Dawla Abu Sa`id Tughril Ghaznavid called a usurper
Abu'l-Fath Tughril b. Qilij Arslan Rum Seljuq Arzarum
al-Sultan Abu Talib Tughril Beg Seljuq Tughril beg was the first
al-Mu`azzam to use the title al-Sultan
on coins, at Rayy, 438,
according to Lowick,
Najahids, pp. 549-50,
citing NHR p. 198.
It also appears on coins
of Zabid, 437/9 and 440.
al-Sultan Abu Sa`id Tutush b. Alp Arslan Seljuq sultan RCEA VIII, 2804 (487
al-Mu`azzam Taj Muhammad H.), 2860 (488 H.):
al-Dawla al-Qahira al-Malik al-Mu`azzam
wa-Saraj al-Umma al-Mansur al-Muzaffar
al-Zahira wa-Sharaf `Adud al-Din Taj
al-Milla al-Bahira al-Dawla Saraj al-Milla
Nasir Amir Sharaf al-Umma.
al-Muminin See Makdisi, Ibn `Aqil,
pp. 133-34.
Abu'l-Wafa' Tuzun amir al-umara'
Malik Riqab Uljaytu
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Abu'l-Hayja' Unar or Unur b. Sunqur Seljuq official
Uzun Hasan Aq Quyunlu See Hasan.
Wahsudan b. Justan Abbasid governor, ca. 252 1927 Vasmer pp.
Sallarid or Jastanid 166-68. Fathers name
also given as Jastan.
Al-Sallar Abu Mansur Wahsudan b. al-Marzuban Abbasid governor, 3rd See 1927 Vasmer pp.
Sallarid or Jastanid century 165-67 et pass. Same as
Wahsudan b. Justan. See
his brother Manadhar b.
Justan.
Wahsudan b. al-Sallar Abbasid governor, Probably the son of
Sallarid or Justanid Ibrahim b. al-Marzuban;
1927 Vasmer p. 176.
Zahir al-Dawla Wushmagir Abbasid governor, 323-57 The name Wushmagir
Ziyarid alone was used by
Bisutun b. Wushmagir,
as a family name,
according to one
interpretation.
Wishtam b. Shirzad perhaps Bawandid Firrim 394 on Paris dinar with mint
TMH? Cast in ANS
trays; photo in 3x5 mint
file, under Firrim. See
Album notes on Paris
collection pp. 37, 43. A
Wishtahm is listed
among the Bawandids
(later), and also Sharwan
and Shahriyar, one of
whom could have been
father of Wistam. The
mint as recorded might
be an error for the end of
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Ya`qub b. ...? Abbasid official Zaranj 147 On AE.
Abu'l-Muzaffar or Ya`qub b. Hasan Aq Qoyunlu
Abu'l-Nasr
Ya`qub b. Ishaq Abbasid official Jurjan 190 on AE with Isma`il b.
Mus`ab
Abu Yusuf Ya`qub b. Yusuf Muwahhid
Yahya Abbasid official On AE no date Below reverse, with
mint below obverse and
mlk...? above reverse.
Yahya al-Harashi Abbasid official Jayy 162-63 Yahya only on Jayy AE.
See 1964 Q p. 268 note
25.
al-Amir Yahya mawla Amir Abbasid official al-Bab 178 AE Berlin 2177 (unique
al-Muminin so far)
al-Amir Yahya Hammudid 440-44 doubtful? On coins of
Muhammad b. Idris
Yahya Samanid official? al-Shash 292-93 On dirhams, with Isma`il
b. Ahmad, Samanid.
Yahya Abbasid officialnasir al-Muham- 172-73 Yahya b. Khalid?
madiyya
Yahya b. Ahmad 299 On dirham for identifica
tion by Atef Mansur.
Yahya b. Ahmad see NZ 1871 p. 186 no.
41.

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Yahya b. Ahmad Samanid Nisabur 319 Full name on Tubingen
dinar. Also, possibly, on
Bukhara 315-16 AE, if
word on obverse is
Yahya and not bakh.
Described by Album as
rebel in Tubingen
handlist.
Yahya b. Abi Muhammad Hafsid same as Yahya b. Abd
al-Wahid
al-Hadi ila al-Haqq Yahya b. al-Husayn Ibn Rassid Zaydi caliph Yemen reign Usually named alone,
Amir al-Muminin Rasul Allah San`a 288 284-98 but also on a rare issue
AV & AR (897-911) of San`a 288 (2
Sa`da examples), with wali
296-98 AV al-Imam `Abd Allah b.
& AR Bishr.
Sharaf al-Dawla Yahya b. Isma`il Dhu'l-Nunid
al-Mamun
Yahya b. Khalid al-Barmaki Abbasid official See 1965 Q p. 170 no.
13. Possibly Yahya on
al-Muhammadiyya,
172-73
al-Amir al-Ajall Abu Zakariya Yahya b. Abi Muhammad Hafsid 627-47 On coins al-Amir
`Abd al-Wahid b. al-Ajall Abu Zakariya'
Abi Hafs Yahya b. Abi
Muhammad b. Abi Hafs;
with the Muwahhid
Mahdi al-Qa'im.
Nusrat al-Din Yahya b. al-Muzaffar Muzaffarid Yazd 789-95 Zambaur p. 254
Yahya b. `Umar Abbasid official Mah 155 AE, `amil of al-Mahdi
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Sharaf al-Dawla Abu'l-Hasan Yahya b. Isma`il Dhu'l-Nunid Toledo 435-67 Father of al-Qadir Yahya
al-Ma'mun b. Isma`il
Dhu'l-Majdayn
al-Hajib
al-Qadir billah Yahya b. Isma`il Dhu'l-Nunid Toledo, 467-78 Son of al-Ma'mun Yahya
Valencia, b. Isma`il; mints
Cuenca Tulaytula, Balansiyya,
Qunka.
Yahya b. Mu`adh Abbasid official Raqqa, about 206 on AE nm? nd? See
Jazira TNNP no. 8
Abu'l-Muzaffar Yahya b. Muhammad Ibn Abbasid wazir
Hubayra I
Yahya b. Zufar Abbasid official Arran 197 See also 2 other
contemporary Ibn Zufar,
including al-`Abbas.
Zambaur Contr. sub. No.
64.
Abu'l-Ghazi Yar Muhammad Shaybanid
Yazid Abbasid official San`a 184-92 with Hammad;
unidentified
Yazid Abbasid official Zaranj 181
Yazid b. Asid Abbasid official Barda`a 142, 159, cf. RIC 367. See
163 Yazid.bio and Caucasus
chronology. Usayd is
also given as his fathers
name.
Yazid b. Hatim al-Muhallabi Abbasid official Adharbayja ? sometimes as Yazid,
n 154-70 without nasab. Yazid
Ifriqiya was governor of Ifriqiya,
154-70; Zambaur 63.
See Yazid.bio.

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Yazid b. Mazid Abbasid official Sijistan, 169-70 sometimes as Yazid,
151 without nasab. See
al-Haruniy- Yazid.bio. Sijistan and
ya, 169-70 al-Muhammadiyya to be
al-Muham- checked.
madiyya,
175
Taj al-Dunya Yildiz Ghurid successor
wal-Din
Baha' al-Dawla Yinal Seljuq official Basra 488
al-Mustanjid billah Abul-Muzaffar Yusuf b. al-Muqtafi Abbasid caliph,
555-66
Yusuf Nasrid Gharnata 733-55 AV nd nm, BM II 171
Abu Ya`qub Yusuf b. `Abd al-Mu'min Muwahhid
Salah al-Din Abu'l-Muzaffar Yusuf b. Ayyub Ayyubid
Abu'l-Qasim Yusuf b. Diwdad Sajid
Abu'l-Hajjaj Yusuf b. Isma`il Nasrid
Jamal al-Din Yusuf b. Muhammad Qara Quyunlu
Abu `Umar Yusuf b. Sulayman Hudid
Yusuf b. `Umar Abbasid official Zaranj AE nd with forepart of
lion in reverse center.
Abu'l-Hajjaj Yusuf b. Yusuf Nasrid
Zengi b. Ayaz with Inanj Yabghu and
Mahmud b. Muhammad,
coin of 5xx, Artuk 1057;
see 1970 Lowick, no. 15
Bosworth p. 66; possibly
= Inanj Yabghu
al-Mujahid fi sabil Abu Jamil Ziyan b. Fulan post-Muwahhid Valencia
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Zufar Name is vowelled by
Zambaur, Contr. Sub.
No. 64.

List of transliterations

Transliteration principles and guide

1. In the table of names above, standard components of titles, such as Malik Diyarbakr. 5. The )ayn mark ` is taken into account in
Anglo-American transliteration is used to represent alphabetization in the main table, which is sorted by
the names, but without the diacritical marks (without 3. Some variant and erroneous transliterations and WordPerfect, but not in the table below which is
macron above certain vowels, and dot below certain transcriptions are included in the table below, as an sorted as entered. Therefore, look for `A, `I, and `U
consonants) that are part of strict transliteration. This aid to the user. The standard transliteration is shown below under A, I, and U as if the )ayn mark did not
principle is adopted to facilitate alphabetization and next to the variation. The search term will then be the exist.
searching. standard transliteration, without its diacritical marks.
6. Note that derived forms of names are not always
2. Place names are never transliterated in this 4. The article al- is not taken into account for included below. It should be obvious that the
document, and are not included in the list of alphabetization when it is initial. It may be shown or diacritics of Ziy~did, for example, are the same as for
transliterations, except when they are found as not in transcription or transliteration. Ziy~d.

A Abu al- Abul- (The vowel of the definite Ahmad Ah. mad
article, when it follows Abu, is
A`azim A)~z. im Ahmadil Ah. madl
elided, and the long of Abu
Aba Ab~ becomes short. This change is Ahmadili Ah. madl
shown in transliteration, even
Aban Ab~n Al As an isolated word, }l, "Family."
though the Arabic orthography
Not to confuse with the definite
Abaqa Ab~q~ or Abaq~; spelling varies does not change.)
article al which is attached to the
on coins.
Abul Abul (see Abu al-) following word.
`Abbad )Abb~d
Adana Adana (also written Adhana) A`la A)l~ (the second "a" is alif
)Abbas )Abb~s maqsura, represented by the letter
Adhkutakin Adhktakn
ya'.
)Abbasid )Abb~sid
`Adil `}dil
`Alim )}lim
Abu Ab
Ahkam Ah. k~m
Allah All~h

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bi-Allah bill~h (see bi-Allah under B) Badsha B~dsh~ (spelling error for bi-Allah bill~h (by convention, the
B~dsh~h) combination of the attached
Almoravid Mur~bit.
preposition bi and the name All~h
Badshah B~dsh~h (P~dish~h in a Persian
Alp Alb (This Turkish word would is written in Arabic and
language context)
have been pronounced Alp, but pronounced bill~h).
Arabic has no "p". Turkish and Bahadir Bah~dir
Bilal Bil~l
Urdu scripts could represent the
Bahadur Bah~dir (both Bahadir and
sound "p".) billah bill~h (for bi-All~h).
Bahadur are legitimate forms,
Amid }mid but dir is used in this table to be Bik Bk
consistent)
`amil )~mil, agent billah bill~h
Bahramshah Bahr~msh~h
Amir amr (commander, a generic Bukhara Bukh~r~
title of authority) OR Bajkur Bajkr
Buqa Buqa (or is it Tuqa?)
}mir (Commandant, a caliphs
Bak Bak, a form of Beg
title). Note the position of the Buri Br
macron. Balansiyya Balansiyya (Valencia)
C
`Amiri )~mir, mawla or dependent of Banijurid B~njrid
Chaghri Chaghr
someone named `}mir.
Barahin Bar~hn
D
`Amirid )}mirid
Barmaki Barmak
Dabil Dabl
Arslan Arsl~n
Barmal B~rm~l
Darust D~rust
Asad Asad
Barman B~rm~n
Dawla Dawla
Asfar Asf~r
Bawandid B~wandid
Daylam Daylam
Asghar As. ghar
Beg Bak, Bik or Bk (This Turkish
Din Dn
Ash)ath Ash)ath word would have been written Bik
on coins since Arabic has no "e" Dinar Dn~r
Asid Asd (also Usayd is given)
or "g", but pronounced Beg and
Diyar Diy~r
`Askar )Askar usually written as pronounced,
even when formal transliteration is Diyarbakr Diy~rbakr (more commonly
Ayyub Ayyb
used.) written Diy~r Bakr)
A`zam A)z. am
bi-Ahkam bi-Ah. k~m Dunya Duny~
`Aziz )Azz
Dushmanzar Dushmanz~r
B

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E Hamid H. amd. Hamid is a name of God, I


which can be used in the
F Ibrahim Ibr~hm (Ibr~hm is always the
compound name `Abd al-Hamid,
Fadl Fad. l but not by itself for men, who can correct transliteration of this
use only the diminutive, Humayd. name, but its archaic Arabic
Fa'iq F~'iq spelling does not show the letter
Hammam H. amm~m alif after r. In transliteration of
Faiz F~iz
Hammud H. ammd coin inscriptions, the name would
Falak Falak be represented as Ibrahm when
Hammudid H. ammdid the alif is missing, to indicate that
Fanakhusru Fan~khusr
Haqq H. aqq fact, but in running text it will
Faris F~ris
always be Ibr~hm.)
Harashi H. arash
Fatimid F~t. imid
Idda, Iddat error for )Udda, )Uddat
Harith H. ~rith
fi f, in
Idris Idrs
Harun H~rn
Firim Firm
Ikhrid Ikhrd
Hasan H. asan
Firuz Frz
Ilaldi Ilald
Hashim H~shim
Firuzan Fruz~n
Il-Aba l-Ab~
Hassan H. ass~n
Furat Fur~t
Il-Ghazi l-Gh~z
Hatim H. ~tim
G
Ilkhan lkh~n
Hazarasp Haz~rasp
Ghadanfar Ghad. anfar
Ilwakush Ilw~ksh
Ghalib Gh~lib Hazim H. ~zim
`Imad )Im~d
Ghanaim Ghan~'im Hisham Hish~m `Imran )Imr~n
Ghassan Ghass~n
Hulagu Hl~g, with g represented by Inanj n~nj
H Arabic k~f.
`Isa )s~
Habib H. abb Humayd H. umayd. For a man, cannot be
Ishaq Ish. ~q (In archaic script, the word
Hamid, q.v.
Hafs H. afs. is also found without the alif after
Humran H. umr~n h. ~. In the transcription of a coin
Hajib H. ~jib
inscription, this is represented
Hallaj H. all~j Husayn H. usayn Ish. aq, but in running text Ish. ~q is
always used whatever the spelling
Hamam H. am~m
on the coin.)

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Islam Isl~m Janid J~nid Khulafa Khulaf~'


Isma`il Ism~)l (In archaic script, this is Jarib J~rib Khurdadhbih Khurd~dhbih
often written without the alif and
Jastan Jast~n; also Jasat~n; most Khusru Khusr, alternatively vowelled
therefore is transliterated Isma)l
commonly Just~n Khusraw
when found on coins, but properly
in these cases the alif is Jazira Jazra Khwarizmshah Khw~rizmsh~h
represented by a diacritic point
Jihan see Jahan in this table (Jih~n is Kirman Kirm~n province, but as an ism
and therefore Ism~)l is always
also correct) this is Karm~n.
correct in running text.)
Junayd Junayd Kumushtakin Kumushtakn
`Ismat )Is. mat ()ayn-s. ~d-mm-t~ marbt. a)
Justan Just~n Kuntughdi Kuntughd
J
K Kurkan Krk~n (Arabic for Grg~n).
Jabir J~bir
Kafi K~f Kurpa Kurp~
Ja)far Ja)far
Kaki K~k L
Jaghri see Chaghri
Kakwayh K~kwayh Lajin L~jn
Jahan Jah~n (Jih~n is also correct)
Kakwayhid K~kwayhid Lashkari Lashkar
Jahanshah Jah~nsh~h
Kamal Kam~l Layth Layth
Jalair Jal~ir
Karman Karm~n as an ism. Lutf Lut. f
Jalairid Jal~ir (Jalair is the name of a
tribe or clan, not of a person; all Kaykhusru Kaykhusr M
the rulers of this regime were Kayqubad Kayqub~d, also Kayqub~dh, Kay Ma`ali Ma)~l
members of that clan, and Qub~d
therefore Jalairs, not Jalairids, Ma`an Ma)~n
not sons of Jalair.) Khalid Kh~lid (on coins, also often
Mada Mad. ~
written Khalid without alif, an
Jalal Jal~l early orthography; but Kh~lid is Mahan M~h~n
Jalil Jall always correct in running text)
Mahfuz Mah. fz.
Jamal Jam~l Khalil Khall
Makan M~k~n
Janah Jan~h. Khan Kh~n
Malik Malik, as in al-Malik, "the King:"
Jandar J~nd~r Khatir Khat. r or M~lik, a proper name.
Jani J~n Khazim Error for H. ~zim

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Malikshah Maliksh~h (on coins, sometimes Muhammad Muh. ammad Muta`in Mut. ~)in
written as two words, Malik Sh~h,
Muhasin Muh. ~sin Mu`tamid Mu)tamid
sometimes as one word, even for
the same person--these variations Muhiy Muh. y Muthanna Muthann~
should be indicated in
Muhtaj Muh. t~j Muwahhid Muwah. h. id (A muwahhid is a
transliteration of inscriptions, but
believer in the unity of God. This
Maliksh~h is customary in running Mu`in Mu)n
is the name of a movement, not a
text) Mujahid Muj~hid dynasty, also known as Almohads,
Ma'mun Ma'mn the medieval Spanish name.)
Mujib Mujb
Manadhar M~n~dhar N
Muluk Mulk
Maqarr Maqarr Nabi Nab, prophet.
Mumahhid Mumahhid
Marar Mar~r Najah Naj~h.
Muni` Mun)
Mardin M~rdn Nasih N~s. ih.
Muntasir Muntas. ir
Marinid M~rinid Nasir N~s. ir, usually, but sometimes
Muqallid Muqallid
Nas. r (when indicated)
Marwan Marw~n Muqtafi Muqtaf
Nasr Nas. r
Marwanid Marw~nid Murabit Mur~bit. . This was a designation of
Nasrid Nas. rid
Marzaban Marzab~n a movement, hence the polity is
known as the Murabits, not Natiq N~t. iq
Mawdud Mawdd
Murabitids, "sons of Murabit."
Nizam Niz. ~m
Mawsil Mass. il Mur~bit. n, the Arabic plural, is
also correct. Also called Nizar Niz. ~r
Mayurqa Mayrqa
Almoravids, the medieval Spanish
Nun Nn
Mayyafariqin Mayy~f~riqn name.
Nur Nr
Mirdas Mird~s Murtadi Murtad.
Nusayr Nus. ayr
Mishaki Mish~k Musa Ms~
Nusrat Nus. rat
Mu`adh Mu`~dh Musafir Mus~fir
O
Mu`awiya Mu)~wiya, often written Mu)awiya Mu`sab Mus. )ab
on coins. O and oo in popular transcriptions of Arabic words
Mustadi Mustad.
are always replaced by u and in standard
Mubashir Mubashir
Mustazhir Mustaz. hir transliteration. There is no grapheme for o in Arabic.
Mufawwid Mufawwid.

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P Qarin Q~rin Rujar Ruj~r, transcription of Roger


Padishah B~dsh~h in Arabic language Qasim As an ism, Q~sim (sometimes Rustam Rustam
context, P~dish~h when in Persian written on coins without long a);
S
language context. In one case as part of a title, e.g., Qasm Amr
Padisha without final h (Nasr, Ilek al-Muminn. Sabbah S. abb~h.
Khan).
Qawam error for Qiwam sabil sabl, path
Pahlawan Pahlaw~n (Bahlaw~n would be
Qawurd Q~wurd Sa)d Sa)d
strict Arabic transliteration, since
there is no consonant P, but P can Qawwam error for Qiwam Sa`id Sa)d
be rendered with the Persian Sakuka Sakka; the first letter could also
Qirwash Qirw~sh
letter) be shn.
Qiwam Qiw~m
Pishtakin Pshtakn Salatin Sal~t. n
Qunka Qnka
Q Salih S. ~lih.
Qutb Qut. b
Qaan Q~~n Salim Without diacritics, this can be
Qutlugh Qutlugh
Qabus Q~bs S~lim or Salm.
Qutluq Qutluq
Qa'im Q~im Saljuq Saljq
R
Qaitbay Q~tb~y Sallar Sall~r
Rabi` Rab)
Qadir Q~dir Salm Salm
Rahman Rah. m~n
Qahtaba Qah. t. aba Samanid S~m~nid
Raqqa Raqqa
Qara Qar~ San`a S. an)~'
Rashid Rashd OR R~shid, as indicated in
Qaraja Qar~j~ Sani`at S. an)at
each instance in the table. The
Qarakhan Qar~kh~n caliph Harun is al-Rashd. Saqi S~q
Qarakhanid Qar~kh~n (Qarakhan is a title, Rashidin R~shidn Saraj Sar~j
borne by all rulers of this regime; Seljuq Saljq, or sometimes in Arabic
Rashamuj Rash~mj
they are therefore all Qarakhans, script Saljk.
not Qarakhanids meaning sons of Rawh Rawh. (not Rh. )
Qarakhan.) Shabib Shabb
riqab riq~b
Qaratakin Qar~takn Shahanshah Sh~h~nsh~h
Riyastayn Riy~satayn
Qarghawayh Qarghwayh or Qarghya Shahrnush Shahrnsh? Or Sharwash?
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Shakuka See Sakuka. Tahir T. ~hir Arabic w~w is pronounced v in some other languages
that use the same script, but it is always represented
Shams Shams Tahirid T. ~hirid
by w in standard transliteration from Arabic,
Sharaf Sharaf Taj T~j including Turkish and Persian names in an Arabic
context.
Shari`a shar)a, the law of Islam Takin Takn
W
Sharif Sharf Talha T. alh. a
Wahhab Wahh~b
Sharju Probably an error for Saljq, q.v. Talut T. ~lt
Wahid W~h. id
Sharwan Sharw~n Tamam Tam~m
Wahsudan Wahsd~n
Sharwin Sharwn Tash T~sh
wali wal
Shayban Shayb~n Tashfin T~shfn
Walid Wald
Shiruya Shrya Timujin Timjn
Washmagir error for Wushmagr?
Shirzad Shrz~d Timur Tmr
wasi was. , designated heir (see Hashim)
Shuja) Shuj~) Tughril T. ughril
Wasif Was. fa
Sifwatuha S. ifwatuh~ Tughtakin T. ughtakn
Wathiq W~thiq
Sinan Sin~n Tulaytula T. ulayt. ula (Toledo)
Wushmagir Wushmagr
Siraj error for Sar~j Tuqa Tuqa, Toqa (or is it Buqa?)
Wishtam Wishtam (vowels uncertain)
Sukman Sukm~n U
X
Sulayman Sulaym~n Udda, Uddat )Udda, )Uddat
Y
Sultan Sult. ~n Ughurlu ghl
Yahya Yah. y~
Sumadih S. um~dih. Uljaytu lj~yt
Yaquti Y~qt
Sunqur Sunqur umara' umar~'
Yurunqush Yurunqush
Surad S. urad umam umam
Yusuf Ysuf
T umma umma
Z
Tabaristan T. abarist~n Usayd Probably Asd is right.
Zafir Z. ~fir
Tafghaj T. afgh~j Uzun Uzun
Zahir Z. ~hir
Taghlib Taghlib V
Zakariya Zakary~'

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Zaydi Zayd Ziyar Ziy~r


Ziyad Ziy~d Zufar Zufar

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