A Bouquet Out of history
From the era of the Righty Guided caliphs in the time of Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him , Till the end of the Abbasid State (Abbasid Caliphate)
(1) Al Mustarshid bi'llah Bin Al Mustadhir bi'llah
(2) 512-529
سَدِيْدُ رَأْيٍ وَعَظِيْمُ الجَاهِ(3)
(وَأَرْبَعٌ وَأَرْبَعُوْنَ عُمْرُهُ(5
فَاسْتَخْلَفَ المُسْتَرْشِدُ بِاللهِ
عَشْرَاً وَسَبْعَاً قَدْ أَتمَّ عَهْدُهُ(4)
Al Mustarshid bi'llah. Dinar
Year of mint: 526 A.H | |Place of Mint: Madinat AlSalam|Wt:2.47 |Diameter:26.5ml
Obv.
Decoration
There is no diety except
(the one) God alone
He has no equal
Al Mustarshid bi'llah
Marginal Legend:
-In The Name of God. This dirham was struck in al-Madinat AlSalam in seven and ten and five hundred
-To God is the will before and after and on that day the believers shall rejoice in God's victory
Rev.
God
Muhammad
The Messanger of
God
Majesty Sultan
Abu ALQasim
Mahmmud Bin Muhammad
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 Abu Mansor alFadhl-b Ahmid -u'l Mustadhir Billah bin 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 Al-Mansur Alabbasi .
(2) He was acknowledged Caliph on the death of his father in the 16th of Rabii’ II, 512a.h (albedaia w alnehaia 12/182)(the completed history 9/173) .and was Killed in Thursday's the 17th of Dul alHijjah,529 a.h. (albedaia w alnehaia 12/208)(the completed history 9/173)
(3) Ibn Kathir said: He was a man of high resolves and great courage, spirit, intelligence and of awe-inspiring presence. He assumed the affairs of the Caliphate and administered them in an admirable manner. He revived its ancient
customs, and put life into its bones, strengthening the pillars of the law and ornamenting its sleeves. He wrote a beautiful hand which none of the Caliphs before him equaled, He used to correct his secretaries and rectify the errors in
their documents. As for his nobility of mind, awe-inspiring presence ,his courage and intrepidity. He was the last Caliph to be known as orator. (albedaia w alnehaia 12/208)(the completed history 9/283).
(4) The duration of his reign lasted for 17 years, six months and twenty days (albedaia w alnehaia 12/208)(the completed history 9/283).
