Alif2.fr: Coins of the Taifas Almoravides
(539-567 A.H. / 1145-1171 A.D.)
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.)
- Kings of Mertola and Silves (539-552 A.H. / 1145-1157 A.D.)
- Kings of Murcia (540-567 A.H. / 1145-1171 A.D.)
- Banu Said
- Unattributed coins from the period
Kings of Cordoba (539-543 A.H. / 1145-1149 A.D.)
#1.5.11.1.1 Hamdin ben 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 To click on the picture provides a larger image. Any comment ?: webmaster@coins.alif2.fr |
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'). To click on the picture provides a larger image. Any comment ?: webmaster@coins.alif2.fr |
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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)
#1.5.22.1.1 Ahmad ben 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. To click on the picture provides a larger image. Any comment ?: webmaster@coins.alif2.fr |
#1.5.22.1 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. To click on the picture provides a larger image. Any comment ?: webmaster@coins.alif2.fr |
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Kings of Murcia (540-567 A.H. / 1145-1171 A.D.)
#1.5.18.11.1 Mohamed ben 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 To click on the picture provides a larger image. Any comment ?: webmaster@coins.alif2.fr |
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Banu Said
(see (Franc.), (Benito) p. 185-186 and (Potiron))
#1.5.100.1 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. To click on the picture provides a larger image. Any comment ?: webmaster@coins.alif2.fr |
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Unattributed coins from the period
#1.5.100.3 Anonymous Dinar (3.93g 27mm) No mint 545 A.H. Type of Vives 2001, Album A-405, Zeno 260598 (this coin). To click on the picture provides a larger image. Any comment ?: webmaster@coins.alif2.fr |
#1.5.100.2 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 To click on the picture provides a larger image. Any comment ?: webmaster@coins.alif2.fr |
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