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Lot nuber 277

Saffarids. Tahir b. Khalaf. AH 390-392 / AD 1000-1002. AV Dinar (24.5mm, 3.81 g, 11h). Sijistan mint. Dated AH 391 (AD 1000/1). Good VF.


CNG Islamic Auction 2
Lot: 277.
 Estimated: $ 2 500

Pre-Mongol Iran, Gold

Sold For $ 3 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Saffarids. Tahir b. Khalaf. AH 390-392 / AD 1000-1002. AV Dinar (24.5mm, 3.81 g, 11h). Sijistan mint. Dated AH 391 (AD 1000/1). Obverse field: citing the Saffarid ruler as Tahir in fourth line / Reverse field: citing Mahmud of Ghazna as Yamin al-Dawla Abu’l-Qasim in fourth and fifth lines. Album B1424. Good VF. Extremely rare.

Mahmud of Ghazna launched a surprise attack on Sistan in AH 390, forcing Khalaf b. Ahmad, the Saffarid amir, to offer a huge sum of money in exchange for peace. Khalaf hoped that his son, Tahir b. Khalaf, might be able to waylay Mahmud on his return,but Tahir was unable to ready his forces in time and Mahmud escaped unmolested. Rather than return to face his father’s fury, Tahir rebelled against Khalaf and entered Zaranj, where this handsome dinar was struck, in AH 391. Khalaf withdrew to the nearby fortress of Taq, where he was soon besieged by Tahir. But Khalaf managed to trick his son into meeting him alone and unarmed, promptly imprisoned him, and killed him in AH 392.

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