Wasit was a city built in the last quarter of the 7th century AD by Al-Hajaj bin Yousif Al-Thaqafi, as an administrative centre for Iraq. Its name appears to originate from Syriac ܟܪܟܐ karḵa meaning "citadel" or "town".
It was built on the west bank of the Tigris following a flood which left the older city of Kashkar stranded on the east bank.
Wasit absorbed the population of Kashkar, which became a ghost city, only to suffer the same fate of abandonment in the 16th Century after a new flood.
It was built on the west bank of the Tigris following a flood which left the older city of Kashkar stranded on the east bank.
Wasit absorbed the population of Kashkar, which became a ghost city, only to suffer the same fate of abandonment in the 16th Century after a new flood.
Modern location: Ruins in south east of Kut in eastern Iraq
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al-Walid I
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Obverse: Margin:بسم الله ضرب هذا الدرهم بواسط سنة ست و تسعين Center: لا الاه الا الله وحده لا شريك له
Reverse: Margin: محمد رسول الله ارسله بالهدى و دين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون Center: الله احد الله الصمد لم يلد و لم يولد و لم يكن له كفؤا أحد
Diameter:
26 mm
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 2.76 g
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 2.76 g
96 AH=714-715 AD
Translations:
Obverse Margin: "In the name of God. This Dirham was struck in Wasit in the year ninety six"
Center: "There is no deity except | (the one) God alone |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."
Center: "God is One God | The eternal and indivisible, who has not begotten, and | has not been begotten and never is there | His equal"
Translations:
Obverse Margin: "In the name of God. This Dirham was struck in Wasit in the year ninety six"
Center: "There is no deity except | (the one) God alone |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."
Center: "God is One God | The eternal and indivisible, who has not begotten, and | has not been begotten and never is there | His equal"
Album 128; Lavoix 354