Ayyubids (Main line in Cairo). al-'Aziz I 'Uthman. AH 589-595 / AD 1193-1198. AV Dinar (19.5mm, 3.70 g, 9h). Makka mint. Dated AH 594 (AD 1197/8). Superb EF.

Islamic Auction 4 – Session 1
Lot: 163. Estimated: $ 50 000

Egypt & Syria, Gold

Sold For $ 60 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Ayyubids (Main line in Cairo). al-'Aziz I 'Uthman. AH 589-595 / AD 1193-1198. AV Dinar (19.5mm, 3.70 g, 9h). Makka mint. Dated AH 594 (AD 1197/8). Balog, Ayyubids 498; Album 794. Double-striking visible in obverse centre, minor weakness. Superb EF. Extremely rare.

Ex Sotheby’s (20 April 1983), lot 57.

Balog asserts that ‘there is no political event which would explain the recognition of al-‘Aziz ‘Uthman at Mecca.’ However, he proceeds to quote Leuthold’s statement that one of the Fulaytid Sharifs of Mecca had displeased one of Saladin’s brothers; the latter threatened to abolish the Sharifate, but was appeased by an undertaking to name the Ayyubid sultan in the khutba and acceptance of Ayyubid leadership of the Pilgrimage. Balog identifies Saladin’s brother as Shams al-Din Turanshah I, the future governor of the Yemen, while the offending Fulaytid Sharif was presumably Mukaththir b. ‘Isa b. Fulayta (AH 584-593). As the Sotheby’s cataloguer noted, the striking of this coin would confirm that the Ayyubids were indeed appointed Governors of the Holy Places.

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