Silver dirham of Mahmud (998-1030) as Samanid vassal, Khorasan, Ghaznavids

Citing Mahmud (as Sayf al-dawla / Mahmud) the Samanid Amir Mansur bin Nuh and the late Caliph al-Ta'i. 17mm, 2.47 grams. Farwan mint. ND (minted 387-389 AH / 997-999 CE). Cf. Zeno 134887; SNAT Ghazna 751-756; Ablum 1605.

Hairline flan crack. Scarce. Ex-Album.

The Ghaznavid Empire was one of the greatest medieval Islamic Empires. The Ghaznavid dynasty was a Muslim dynasty of Turkic mamluk origin, at their greatest extent ruling large parts of Mesopotamia, Afghanistan, much of Transoxiana and the northwest Indian subcontinent from 977 to 1186. The dynasty was founded by Sabuktigin upon his succession to rule of the region of Ghazna after the death of his father-in-law, Alp Tigin, who was a breakaway ex-general of the Samanid Empire from Balkh, north of the Hindu Kush in Greater Khorasan. .