(1) Al Muktafi li'amri'llah Bin alMustadhir bi'llah

(2) 530-555

وَهْوَ بِأَخْلاقٍ عِظَامِ اْتَّصَفَاْ(3)
وَعُمْرُهُ سِــتٌّ وَ سِتُّوْنَ سَنَــــهْ(5)​

فَالمُقْتَفِيْ بِأَمْرِ اللهِ اسْتُخْلِفَاْ
حَكَمَ ارْبَعَاً وَ عِشْـرِيْنَ سَنَــهْ(4)​

Dinar Bnobory  mentioned Al Muktafi li'amri'llah

Year of mint: 533 A.H | |Place of Mint: Damascuss  AlSalam|Wt:3.81 |Diameter:21.5ml

Obv.

          There is no diety except 
          (the one) God alone 
          Muhammad is the messenger of God

          

Marginal Legend:

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

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Rev.  

         AlImam ALMouktafi

Marginal Legend:

In The Name of God. This dirham was struck in al-Damascuss in three and thirten and   five hundred.

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(1) He is Abu A'bdu'llah Muhammad  bin Alfadhl the son of Mustarshid bin Ahmid -u'l Mustadhir Billah Abdullah AlMuktadi BiAmir Allaha bin Muhammad bin Abdullah alkaim biamir Allah bin Ahmid bin Jaafar almuqtadir bin ahmid almua’tadid bin  Talha almuwafaq bin Jaafar almutawakil bin Muhammad almua’tasim ibn Harun ArRashid bin Muhammad almahdi bin ALMansur Alabbasi.

 

The reason of his being surnamed al Muktafi was that, six days before his elevation to the Caliphate, he dreamed that he saw the Apostle of God saying to him, " This authority shall come to thee, therefore follow the commandments of God." (albedaia w alnehaia 12/210)(the completed history 9/293).

 

(2) He was acknowledged Caliph after two days of the deposal of his nephew Al-Rashid, in the 18th of Dul Ka’ada 530a.h. (albedaia w alnehaia 12/210)(the completed history 9/292). And he died Saturday night in the 2nd of Rabii I , 555a.h (albedaia w alnehaia 12/241)(the completed history 9/438).

 

(3) Ad Dahabi said that al Muktafi was one of the most eminent of the Caliphs, learned, well-read, brave, forbearing, of easy disposition, supreme in the qualities of a prince, worthy of the Imamate, matchless among Imams, no order however insignificant, being issued in his administration except under his transcript. He wrote out during his Caliphate threefourths of the Quran. He heard traditions from his master Abu'l Barakah-b-Abi'l Paraj-b-u's Sunni.

 

Ibn u's Sama'ani states that, with his brother al Mustarshid, he heard traditions from Jaz-b-A'rafah on the authority of Kasim-b-Bayydn. Traditions are related on his authority by Abd Manstir al Jawaliki the philologer his Imam, Ibn Hubayrah his Wazir and others.

 

Al Muktafi gave a new gate to the kaa'bah and made a coffin of cornelian for his own burial. He had a praiseworthy disposition, his reign was deserving of commend-ation, as he occupied himself with religion, learning, virtue, good counsel, and administration of the State. Abii Talib A'bddr Rahman-b-Muhammad-b-A'bdi's Samii' al Hashimi in his work on the excellences of the A'bbasides, says that, the reign of alMuktafi was distinguished for justice and notable for good works. Before his accession to the Caliphate, he was of pious conduct. In the beginning of his reign he applied himself to religious exercises and the transcription of scientific works, and reading the Quran. There was never seen since al Mua'tasim, a Caliph who combined such beneficence, gentleness of manner and kindness of heart as his, with his intrepidity, firmness and bravery, together with the sobriety, piety and devotion that particularly

characterized him. His armies were likewise victorious wherever they advanced.(Tarikh AlCaliphat 440-441

 

(4) The duration of his reign lasted twenty four years, three months and twenty six days (albedaia w alnehaia 12/241)(the completed history 9/438).