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 Walid Bin Yazid
(2) 126-127 A.H.
وَخمْسَةٌ مِنَ الشُّهُورِ عَهْدُهُ (3)
وكُنْيَةُ النَّاقِصِ أُهْدِيَتْ لَـهُ (5)
قَامَ يَزِيْدُ بنُ الوَلِيْدِ بَعْدَهُ
وسِتَّةٌ و أَرْبَـعُـونَ سِنُّـهُ (4)
Yazid Bin ALWalid Dirham Year of mint: 126 A.H | place of mint: Wast
Obverse.
engraved : None has the right to be worshipped except Allah and Muhammad his messenger .He it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad ) with guidance and the religion of truth (Islam), that He may make it (Islam) superior over all religions, that though the unbelievers be averse.
Reverse.
Engraved: "He is Allah, (the) One. "Allah-us-Samad (The Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, He neither eats nor drinks). "He begets not, nor was He begotten.
Footnote: By the name of Allah, this Dinar was mint in Africa the year 103 A.H.
(1) He is Yazid ibn al-Walid bin Abdul Malik bin Marwan bin Hakam ibn Abi al-Aas bin Umayya bin Shams.
(2) He usurped the Caliphate after the killing of his nephew al Walid and took possession of the government in Friday night in the 29th of Jumada ALAkhir in the year 126 a.h(ALBedaia w ALNehaia 10/12 ) (the completed History 4/370 and 4/487 )
He died in Al-Khdra’a after being sick with plague on the 7th of D'u'l Hijjah in the year 126 a.h (ALBedaia w ALNehaia 10/17 ) (the completed History 4/370 and 4/449 ).
(3) His Caliphate lasted not quite six months, some said five months and some days (ALBedaia w ALNehaia 10/17 ) (the completed History 4/370 and 4/449 ).
(4) ALNehaia 10/17 ) (the completed History 4/370 and 4/449 ).
(5) He was surnamed The Retrencher Because he cut down the allowances for the troops that Al-Walid had increased it for them (ALBedaia w ALNehaia 10/11-12 ) (the completed History 4/370 and 4/487 ).
