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(539-567 A.H. / 1145-1171 A.D.)


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The Taifas Almoravides are the different kingdoms in Spain that have existed between the short space of time between the end of the Almoravids and the installation of the Almohads. Their coinage can be considered as an illustration of the troubles of this period and of the last remains of the Almoravid presence in Spain.



Kings of Cordoba (539-543 A.H. / 1145-1149 A.D.)


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Hamdin ibn Muhammad (anti Almoravid ruler)
(539-540 A.H. / 1145-1146 A.D.)

Qirat (0.91g 11mm)

Qurtuba
No date

Benito M1, Hohertz 517a,
Vives 1907, Album A407

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Yahya b. Ghaniya (pro Almoravid ruler)
(542-543 A.H. / 1148-1149 A.D.)

Anonymous Qirat (0.96g 10.5mm)

No mint, no date

Benito L5, Hazard 1053, Vives 1980,
Album 476M, Medina page 375

O God, have mercy on the commanders of the
Muslims, sons of Tashufin (reverse)


Yahya b. Ghaniya was the last Almoravid governor in Spain.
His death (543 A.H. / 1148 A.D.) was the end of the authority
of the Almoravids in Spain (EI2, 'Almoravids').


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Kings of Mertola and Silves (539-552 A.H. / 1145-1157 A.D.)
(see Hohertz, page 10 for a historical summary)


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Ahmad ibn Qasi (pro Almohad ruler)
539-546 A.H. / 1144-1151 A.D.

Qirat (0.93g 12mm)

Martula (only in 539 A.H. / 1144-1145 A.D.).
No date

Benito Fa5, Hohertz 501b,
Gomes AQ 01.01, Album I408

This coin is lot ebay 272457710935 (11-2016) cited by Hohertz.

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Sidray b. Wazir (pro Almohad ruler)
539-545 A.H. / 1145-1150 A.D.

Half Qirat (0.45g 9mm)

No mint, no date

Benito Hd5, Hohertz A506

This coin is the example coin Hd5 in Benito and the example coin A506 in Hohertz
and lot 201, Soler y Llach, auction 07/07/2016 cited by both.


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Kings of Murcia (540-567 A.H. / 1145-1171 A.D.)


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Mohamed ibn S'ad (anti Almohad ruler)
542-567 A.H. / 1147-1171 A.D.

Qirat (0.63g 12.5mm)
with heir Hilal

No mint, no date

Benito Rb4, Hohertz 539, Vives 1972,
Canto-Ibrahim 695, Album 407D

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Banu Said
(see Franc., Benito p. 185-186 and Potiron)


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Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik (pro Abbasid ruler)
544-548 A.H. / 1149-1153 A.D.

Anonymous Qirat (0.86g 11mm)
citing the `Abbasid Caliphate

No mint, no date

Benito Q4, Vives 2003,
Album 405Q

See Potiron pp. 85-86 for this ruler.

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Anonymous coins of the period


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Anonymous Dinar (3.93g 27mm)

No mint
545 A.H.

Type of Vives 2001, Album A-405, Zeno 260598 (this coin).

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Anonymous Half Qirat (0.46g 9mm)
with letter djim on reverse

No mint, no date

Benito V2, Vives 2010,
Canto-Ibrahim 679, see Album 476T

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