أحمد المعتمد على الله

(1) AHMID AL MUA'TAMID A'LA'LLA'H

(2) 256 -279

في حُكْمِهِ عَلَى أَخِيْهِ يَعْتَمِدْ(3) وَأَرْبَعُوْنَ وَثمَانٍ عُمْرُهُ(5)

قَدْ قَاْمَ بِالمُلْكِ الطَّرُوْبِ المُعْتَمِدْ عِشْرُوْنَ تَتْلُوْهَاْ ثَلاثٌ حُكْمُهُ(4)

AL MUA'TAMID A'LA'LLA'H, Dinar | Year of mint: 262 A.H | |Place of Mint: Sanaa

Obv.

There is no diety except
(the one) God alone
He has no equal

Marginal Legend:

In The Name of God. This dirham was struck in Sanaa in the year two and sixty and two hundred.

Rev.

God
Muhammad
The Messanger of
God
al-Mu'tamid 'Ala Allah

Marginal Legend:

Muhammad is the messenger of God. He sent him with guidance and the true religion to reveal it to all religions even if the polytheists abhor it

(1) He is Ibn Al-Fitian Al Mua'tamid a'la'llah Abu'l 'Abbds, called also Abu Jaa'far, Ahmad,the son of al Mutawakkil, thes son of al Mua'tasim, the son of ar Rashid Bin Muhammad ALMahdi.

(2) They swore allegiance to him in Tuesday in the 13th of Rajab, 256 a.h(albedaia w alnehaia 11/23)(The completed history 2/224). Al-Mua'tamid died on Monday the 19th of Rajab, 279a.h (albedaia w alnehaia 11/65)(The completed history 6/370).

(3) He was the first Caliph who had force put upon him, and was restrained and kept under ward. His brother Abu Ahmed Al-Muwafak deprived him from the money even it said that one day Al Mua'tamid needed 300 Dinars but did not find and recited lamenting his lack of luck and how money used to be carried to him while he is not able to use any amount of it to himself.

(4) He was the first Caliph who moved to Sura Man raa since it was built ,then no body returned back to ever after ()(The completed history 6/370).

(5) His succession lasted for twenty three years and six days (ALbedaia .