Rare silver dirhem of Abaqa (1265-1282), NM, ND, Mongol Ilkhanid Empire

La ilah illa allah / wahdahu la sharikalahu / muhammad rasul allah / salla allah 'alayhi
wa-alihi wa-sallama // Qa'an / al-a'zam abaqa / ilkhan al-mu'azzam malik / riqab al-umam khallada / allah mulkahuma. 25mm, 2.70 grams. No mint, no date. Album (2011) # 2127,  Diler# 73

Abaqa Khan (1234-1282), also Abaga, or Abagha Khan, was the second Mongol ruler (Il-khan) of the Ilkhanate. The son of Hulagu Khan (grandson of Ghenghiz Khan) and Yesuncin Khatun, he reigned from 1265 to 1282 and was succeeded by his brother Tekuder Khan. Much of Abaqa's reign was consumed with civil wars in the Mongol Empire, such as those between the Ilkhanate and the northern Khanate of the Golden Horde. Abaqa also engaged in unsuccessful attempts at military invasion of Syria, including the Second Battle of Homs.