Rare silver dirham of Mohamed (1030) mule w/Mahmud, Ghazna, Ghaznavids

Arabic inscription:  Safar / kalima in 3 lines / al-Qadir Billah // Lillah / Muhammad rasul Allah / Jalal ud-Daula / wa Jamal al-Milla / abu-Ahmad. 18mm, 1.66 grams. Ghazna mint. Cf. Zeno 139261; SNAT Ghazna 261 (for obverse), SNAT Ghazna 270 (For the reverse).

The obverse is struck with a die of Mahmud from month of Safar 421 AH (February 1030), the reverse is struck with a die for a coin of Mohamed from his first reign in 1030.

Very rare short-lived ruler, interesting and rare mule. 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. .