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Almaligh.
Dated AH 653 (AD 1255/6).
Central Kufic legend:
Almaligh
(same)
Inner marginal Kufic legend:
la ilah illa Allah [Muhammad rasuluall]ah al-Nasr li-din
(There is no diety except God, [Muhammad is the messenger of God]. Al-Nasir li-din)
Outer marginal Kufic legend:
[... zarb] haza el-dirhem Almaligh sanat thelath wa khamsin [wa sitt mi'at ....]
([...] this dirhem \ [struck in] \ Almaligh, year three and fifty [and six hundred ....])
Central Kufic legend:
al-'adil al- | a'zam
(The Just | The Great)
Marginal Kufic legend:
[zarb haza bibaldat | Almaligh] sanat | ... wa khamsin | wa sitt mi'at
([This \ struck in the town of | Almaligh,] year | ... and fifty | and six hundred)
Y&K type AG-2, var. 2-1 (O2-1/R2-1); Nyamaa 49 var. (date); SNA Tübingen 84 (same obv. die);
Album 1983 (Orqina Khatun).
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