i s l a m i c  d y n a s t i e s

The catagorization below is lifted directly from "A Checklist of Islamic Coins, Second Edition" by Stephen Album. The AH prefix on the dates stands for Anno Hegirae. The Islamic Era year AH 1 is equal to the western year 622 AD, the year Mohammed fled from Mecca to Medina (on July 15th). Based on the lunar year, it is 11 days shorter. To (roughly) calculate an AH date from the AD, subtract 622 and then add 3%.



r e f e r e n c e s



Please see the Islamic Coins Group home page.
There is a wealth of information: the list itself, a links page, Jim Farr's bibliography of Islamic references and an online magazine, 'as-Sikka,' just to name a few.

Please see James N. Roberts' site on the Coins of the Medieval Islamic World.

Please also see Prof. Mehmet Eti's site on the Islamic Coins of Anatolia.


p r e - r e f o r m  c o i n a g e

[Bukhara]
Arab-Sasanian
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| Arab-Hephthalite |
| Eastern Sistan Series |
| Tabaristan Series: Dabwayhid Ispahbads and Abbasid Governors |
| Arab-Bukharan |
Arab-Sasanian, Countermarked Sasanian, Arab-Hephthalite, Tabristan, Arab-Bukharan
and related series
68 coins

| table of arab-sasanian mint cities |
| ornamentation |

[Arab-Byzantine]
Arab-Byzantine
Syria & Palestine, Egypt, North Africa and Spain
7 coins

| table of arab-byzantine mint cities |


e a r l y  p o s t - r e f o r m  c o i n a g e

[Malik]
Umayyad Caliphate
25 coins

Abbasid Revolution
no examples

[al-Mahdi]
Abbasid Caliphate
3 coins


s p a n i s h  d y n a s t i e s

[al-Hakam I]
Umayyads of Spain
1 coin

Factional Kings
no examples

Nasrids of Granada
no examples


n o r t h  a f r i c a n  d y n a s t i e s

Idrisids and Contemporaries
no examples

Sulaymanids
no examples

Aghlabids
no examples

Amirs of Sicily, Midrarids, Khazrunids, Zirids of Qayrawan,
Barghawatids of Sfax and Riyahids
no examples

Murabitids
no examples

[Muwahhid]
Muwahhids
1 coin

[Hafsid]
Hafsids
1 coin

Ziyanids
no examples

Merinids
no examples

Wattasids
no examples

Sa'dian Sharifs
no examples

'Alawi Sharifs
no examples


e g y p t  a n d  s y r i a

Tulunids
no examples

Amirs of Crete
no examples

Ikhshidids
no examples

Qarmatids
no examples

Fatimid Caliphate
no examples

Revolt of Muhammad bin 'Abbad
no examples

Hamdanids
no examples

'Uqaylids
no examples

Marwanid
no examples

Mirdasid
no examples

Numayrids
no examples

Seljuqs of Syria
no examples

Burids
no examples

[Ayyubid]
Ayyubids
9 coins

[Mamluk]
Mamluks
3 coins


a r a b i a n  p e n i n s u l a

Abbasid (Yemen)
no examples

Rassids
no examples

Amirs of 'Athar, Tarafids, Ziyadids, Najjahids
no examples

[Sulayhid]
Sulayhids
1 coin

Zuray'ids, Mahdids of Zabid
no examples

Ayyubids (Yemen)
no examples

[Rasulid]
Rasulids
1 coin

Husaynid Sharifs, Tahirids, Ottomans (Yemen)
no examples

Qasimid Imams
no examples

Sulaymani Sharifs, Qatadid Sharifs of Mecca, Governors of Oman,
Wajihids, Amirs of Oman, Mukramids
no examples


e a s t  a f r i c a

Mogadishu
no examples

Kilwa
no examples

Zanzibar
no examples

Madagascar
no examples


r u m

[Rum]
Seljuqs of Rum
9 coins

[Danishmendid]
Danishmendids
1 coin

Anatolian Beyliks
no examples

[Ottoman]
Ottoman Empire
4 coins


e a r l y  p e r i o d  i r a n

[Tahirids]
Tahirids
1 coin

Harthamids
no examples

Khujistanids
no examples

Dulafids
no examples

Amir of Northwestern Jibal
no examples

[Saffarid]
Saffarids
1 coin

Zanj Rebellion
no examples

Banijurids
no examples

Amirs of al-Khuttal
no examples

[Samanid]
Samanids
1 coin

Samanids of Akhsikath
no examples

Muhtajids
no examples

Amirs of Bust
no examples

Ma'munids
no examples

Amir of Rayy, Amir of Farwan, Sajids, Amirs of Yun
no examples

Khazars
no examples

Volga-Bulgarians
no examples

Su'lukids
no examples

Kurds of Adharbayjan
no examples

Sallarids
no examples

Kangarids, Jastanids, Rawwadids, Mazyadids, Ja'farids
no examples

Shaddadids
no examples

Hadhabani Kurds
no examples

Amirs of Sind (Habbarids)
no examples

Qarakhanids
no examples

Qara-Khitay in Balkh ('Black Chinese')
no examples

'Alids of Tabaristan, Zaydi Imams of Hawsam, Bavandids of Tabaristan
no examples

Ziyarids
no examples

Buwayhids
no examples

Julandids, Ilyasids, 'Imranids, Hasanwayhids, 'Annazids, Kakwayhids
no examples

[Ghaznavid]
Ghaznavids
1 coin


s e l j u q  p e r i o d  i r a n

Great Seljuqs
no examples

Seljuq Governors of Hamadan
no examples

Amirs of Nishapur
no examples

[Khwarizmshah]
Khwarizmshahs
1 coin

Amirs of Balkh, Amirs of Wakhsh
no examples

[Yildiz]
Ghorids
2 coins

Ghorids of Bamiyan, Sultans of Sind
no examples

[Qarlugh]
Qarlughids
2 coins


t h e  a t a b e g s  a n d  c o n t e m p o r a r i e s

Fascinating, not only for the use of images (there are usually no images on Islamic coins), but also for the Classical Greek, Roman, Christian, and astrological motifs.

[Alpi]
Artuqids
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71 coins

[Ghazi II]
Zengids
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82 coins

[Kukburi]
Begteginids
1 coin

Inalids, Begtimurids, Salduqids, Menkujakids, Bursuqids, Ahmadili
no examples

Ildegizids
no examples

Sulamids
no examples

Khaqanids
no examples

Pishkinids
no examples

Assassins
no examples

Atabegs of Fars, Salghurids, Atabegs of Yazd, Atabegs of Kirman,
Atabegs of Shabankara, Qalhati Amirs
no examples


t h e  m o n g o l s

[Chingiz]
Great Mongols
1 coin

Chaghatayid Khans
no examples

Shahs of Badakhshan
no examples

Golden Horde
no examples

Giray Khans
no examples

[Uljaitu]
Ilkhanids
4 coins


p o s t - m o n g o l  i r a n

Injuyids
no examples

Muzaffarids
no examples

Atabegs of Lur Buzurg
no examples

Jalayrids
no examples

Sutayids
no examples

Eretnids
no examples

Qadi of Sivas, Amirs of Ahlat, Maliks of Hakkari, Bukhti Kurds,
Sharaf Khans, Sarbadars, Amirs of Astarabad, Afrasiyabids, Jauni-Qurbani, Husaynids
Tajasbids, Taghaytimurids, Karts
no examples

Mehrabanids
no examples

[Timur]
Timurids
1 coin

Arghunids, Shirvanshahs
no examples

Qara Qoyunlu ('Black Sheep Turkomans')
no examples

Aq Qoyunlu ('White Sheep Turkomans')
no examples

Dulgadirs, Musha'sha'
no examples


t h e  s h a h s  o f  i r a n

Safavids
no examples

Sistani Maliks of Mashhad, Ottoman Occupation, Hotaki Afghans
no examples

Afsharids
no examples

Zand, Zand Rebels
no examples

Qajars
no examples


k h a n a t e s  o f  c a u c a s i a

Ganja
no examples

Shirvan
no examples

Sheki, Derbent, Kuba, Karabakh
no examples

Georgia
no examples


l a t e r  c e n t r a l  a s i a

Shaybanids
no examples

Amir of Qunduz
no examples

Janids
no examples

Manghits of Bukhara
no examples

Khans of Khoqand
no examples

Khans of Khiva
no examples


a f g h a n i s t a n

Durrani
no examples

Sadozai
no examples

Barakzai
no examples


b a c k  t o  a n c i e n t  c o i n s


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