The famous library known as the House of Wisdom was located within its grounds. In 1258, Baghdad was captured by the Mongols led by Hulegu, a grandson of Genghis Khan, during the siege of Baghdad.
The sack of Baghdad put an end to the Abbasid Caliphate, a blow from which the Islamic civilization never fully recovered.
Modern location: Baghdad, Iraq
Reverse: Margin: محمد رسول الله ارسله بالهدى و دين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون Center: محمد رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم الخليفة المهدى يحيى
Die Orientation: 2 H
Weight: 3 g
Reverse: Margin: محمد رسول الله ارسله بالهدى و دين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون Center: محمد رسول الله بخ بخ
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.83 g
Margin: "In The Name of God. This dirham was struck in Madinat al-Salam in the year five and fifty and one hundred (155)"
Center: There is no diety except |
(the one) God alone |
He has no equal
Translation of reverse:
Margin: Muhammad is the messenger of God. He sent him with guidance and the true religion to reveal it to all religions even if the polytheists abhor it.
Center: Muhammad
The Messanger
Of God
(Bakh Bakh)
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Reverse: Margin: محمد رسول الله ارسله بالهدى و دين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون Center: محمد رسول الله بخ
Die Orientation: 3 H
Weight: 2.85 g
Year 148 AH=765-766 AD
Translations:
Obverse margin: "In The Name of God. This dirham was struck in Madinat-al-Salam in the year eight and forty and one hundred"
Obverse center: "There is no deity except (the one) God, he has no equal"
Reverse margin: "Muhammad is the messenger of God. He sent him with guidance and the true religion to reveal it to all religions even if the polytheists abhor it."
Reverse center: "Muhammad The Messenger Of God (Bakh)"
Reverse: Margin: محمد رسول الله ارسله بالهدى و دين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون Center: محمد رسول الله مما امر به الامير الامين محمد بن امير المؤمنين جعفر
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 2.96 g