Al-Daybul was a port town on the coast of Sind. It was captured by the Muslims in AH 92 when al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf, Governor of the East, dispatched a force under Muhammad b. al-Qasim b. al-Thaqafi to address troublesome pirate activity in the region.

All known Umayyad dirhams from al-Daybul are dated AH 95. However, in the date legend on the present coin the unit khams, ‘5’, has clearly been re-engraved on the die over arba‘, ‘4’. This demonstrates that the die had been prepared for use in the previous year, and argues that a mint must have been established at al-Daybul in AH 94, even though no dirhams bearing this date are known.