EGYPT: COIN FROM ABBASID ERA OF HAROUN AL-RASHID DISCOVERED.(Brief Article)

From: IPR Strategic Business Information Database | Date: August 20, 2003 | Copyright information

According to IINA, a gold Dinar going back to the Abbasid era of Haroun Al-Rashid has been discovered. It is was minted in year 181 of the Hijri calendar, and bears the name of the First Minister of the Abbasid State, Ja'afar bin Yahya Al-Barmaky. The secretary-general of ...