Fatimids. al-Muntazar bi-Amr Allah. AH 524-526 / AD 1130-1131. AV Dinar (20.1mm, 4.34 g, 7h). Misr mint. Dated AH 525 (AD 1130/1). Near EF.

Islamic Auction 4 – Session 1
Lot: 156. Estimated: $ 3 000

Fatimids, Gold

Sold For $ 2 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Fatimids. al-Muntazar bi-Amr Allah. AH 524-526 / AD 1130-1131. AV Dinar (20.1mm, 4.34 g, 7h). Misr mint. Dated AH 525 (AD 1130/1). Obverse: Abu’l-Qasim al-Muntazar bi-amr Allah Amir al-Mu’minin in inner margin; al-Imam / Muhammad in centre. Nicol 2590. File marks on edge. Near EF. Rare.

Coins naming the fictive caliph al-Muntazar were in fact struck by Kutayfat, the son of al-Amir’s vizier, who seized power after al-Amir’s death in AH 524. Kutayfat neatly sidestepped the problem of his own legitimacy by proclaiming the sovereignty of al-Mahdi, the twelfth imam of the Twelver Shi'is, whose coming had been expected for more than 250 years. This meant that Kutayfat could declare the Fatimid dynasty ended, while also allowing him to rule without being answerable to any earthly authority. Nevertheless, Kutayfat was deposed and executed in AH 526, being succeeded by the Fatimid heir, al-Hafiz.

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