Extremely Rare Umayyad Dirham (Minted in Mah al-Basra, 81 AH) – Reign of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
<p>Operating from the mountains of the Hamadan province, Mah al-Basra played an exceptional role in early Islamic financial administration.</p> <p>This exceptionally rare 81 AH dirham physically manifests a distinct economic cycle: silver was extracted and minted in these mountains, then dispatched directly to Basra to pay the military garrisons guarding the state’s frontiers.</p> <p>It documents a highly organized administrative network capable of linking distant regional economies with precise logistical efficiency.</p> <!-- notionvc: e2deb0f7-4497-480b-ad3d-35d72ebf7093 -->
81 AH