‛Abbasid Copper Mints
(Zeno category http://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=2926 ― Copper Coinage)
An updated version compiled by V. Nastich.
General Specification
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The proposed list of provinces was primarily intended as composed following the
direction “west-to-east” and then “south-to north”. However, some of them could
not be enumerated in the strict order. Actually the accepted sequence is
generally based on the most profound type corpus “Early Abbasid Coinage” by N.Lowick, to which we only added a few amendments, e.g.
separating
We kindly ask the community to
review the suggested matter and will be thankful for any positive criticism and
reasonable alterations.
Egypt (Misr)
Cilicia (Kilikia)
The Jazira
Circuits of Arminiya,
Jibal
Khuzistan
Kirman
Tabaristan
Qumis
Jurjan
Khurasan
Sistan
Ma wara’ al-Nahr (Transoxiana)
Circuits of Soghd, Shash, Farghana, Farab
Khwarizm
Uncertain Mints
Without Mint Name
Detailed List of Mint Names
** The information encountered in separate sources about some mints that allegedly struck copper coins in the Abbasid period (e.g. Faramâ in Egypt, Salâmiyyah in Syria, Abawân or Aywân, al-‛Abbâsiyah and al-Sâmiyah in Iraq, al-Ahwâz in Khuzistan, Farghânah in Mawara’annahr, etc.) looks controversial and cannot be confirmed by more reliable evidence, so these mints are by far omitted from the list.
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al-‛Abbasiya |
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Barqa |
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Ifriqiya |
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al-Mahdiya
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al-Mubaraka (in Tunisia) |
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Egypt (Misr)
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Misr |
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al-Bahrayn |
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Baysh |
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al-Hijaz |
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San‛â |
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Suhar |
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al-Yaman |
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‛Akka |
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‛Asqalan |
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Adhri‛at |
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Antaqiya |
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Ba‛albak |
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Bayrut |
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‛Irqa |
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Jubayl |
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Khizanat
Halab |
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Khunasir |
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al-Rusafa |
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Tarabulus |
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Cilicia (Kilikia)
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Adhana |
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[Thaghr] al-Masisa |
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Tarsus |
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The Jazira
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Amid |
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Balad |
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Dunaysir |
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Harran |
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Irbil |
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al-Jazira |
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Kafr
Tutha |
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al-Mawsil |
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Nisibin (Nasibin, Nusaybin) |
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al-Rafiqa |
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al-Raqqa |
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Ra’s
al-‛Ayn |
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al-Ruha |
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[Madinat] Sinjâr |
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Circuits of Arminiya,
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al-Bab (later Darband, now Derbent) |
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Bardha’a (Partav) |
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Dabil (Dvin) |
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al-Haruniya |
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al-Yazidiya |
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Adharbayjan |
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Ardabil |
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Khuna |
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al-Basra |
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al-Kufa |
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Madinat
al-Salam |
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Maysan |
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Surra man ra’a (Samarra) |
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Wasit |
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Jibal
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Hamadhan |
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[Madinat] Isbahan (Isfahan) |
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[Madinat] Jayy |
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Mah
al-Basra |
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Mah
al-Kufa |
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[Madinat] Nihawand |
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al-Taymara |
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Zinjan |
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Khuzistan
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Aydhaj |
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Junday
Sabur |
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Ramhurmuz |
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Suq
al-Ahwaz |
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al-Sus |
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Tustar |
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Bazmqubadh or Biramqubadh |
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[Kurat] Darabjird |
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Fars |
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Istakhr |
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Jur |
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Kazirun |
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Kurat al-Mahdiya min Fars |
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Siraf |
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Tawwaj |
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Kirman
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Jiruft |
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Kirman |
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Tabaristan
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Amul |
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[al-]Dunabawand |
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[al-]Ruyan |
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Sariya |
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Tabaristan |
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Qumis
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Qumis |
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Jurjan
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Khurasan
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[Madinat] Abarshahr |
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[Madinat] Balkh |
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Bushanj |
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Harat (Herat) |
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Marw (Merv) |
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al-Mu‛askar (Nisabur) |
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al-Mubaraka (Balkh) |
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Naysabur (Nisabur, Nishapur) |
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Sistan
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[Madinat] Bust |
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Ma wara’ al-Nahr (Transoxiana)
Circuits of Soghd, Shash, Farghana, Farab
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Akhsikath (Akhsiket, in Fergana) |
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Binkath (Binket, modern Tashkent) |
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Kesh (modern Shahrisabz) |
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Nasaf (Nesef, modern Qarshi) |
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Nawikath (Navekat; former reading ― Tunket) |
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Saghaniyan (in South Uzbekistan) |
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al-Shash (district of Tashkent) |
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Tarband (Turarband, Otrar) |
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Tirmidh (modern Termez) |
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Tunkath (Tunket) ― see Nawikath |
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Khwarizm
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Uncertain Mints
Without Mint Name
Literature and Sources
1. Tizengauzen, V. Monety Vostochnago Xalifata / Tiesenhausen, W. Monnaies des Khalifes Orientaux. St.-Petersbourg, 1873.
2. Lane-Poole,
3. Lowick,
Nicholas. Early ‘Abbasid Coinage: A Type
Corpus, 132-218 H / AD 750-833. Ed. by Elizabeth Savage.
4. Album, Stephen. A Checklist of Islamic Coins. 2nd ed. Santa Rosa, 1998.
5. Album,
Stephen. Sylloge of Islamic Coins in the Ashmolean. Volume 10.
6. Shamma, Samir. A Catalogue of ‘Abbasid Copper Coins. Al-Rafid,
7. ZENO.RU - Oriental Coins Database,
section «ISLAMIC WORLD
» ‘Abbasid,
132-656 » Copper coinage.
8. V. Nastich’s
handwritten records from miscellaneous publications, museums and private collections
of