(Money of the Umayyad state 41 – 132 AH / 661-750 AD)

    Arab money continued to circulate in the Sasanian style, which appeared in the era of the Caliphs (may God be pleased with them) during the early years of the Umayyad era until the era of the Caliph Abdul Malik bin Marwan (65-86 AH). It should be noted that a number of Umayyad emirs have increased some The words and phrases in Arabic on the Sasanian money The Hajjaj bin Yusuf al-Thaqafi, the prince of Iraq, wrote his full name, but the image of the Sassanid king (Hajjaj ibn Yusuf) in addition to an increase in the Koranic texts that were written on the ring and in 77 AH the first golden dinar Arabic full Quranic texts in Arabic Without mentioning the place of the sacrificial texts As follows:

               There is no god but

The center of the face: God alone

               has no partner

Ring: Muhammad Messenger of Allah sent by guidance and the religion of truth to show it on all religion

                God is one

Center back: God steadfast

                didin’t born and didin’t have children

The Ring: In the name of God, this dinar was struck in the year seventy-seven. The weight of this Arab dinar was one weight, equivalent to 4.25 grams, and its letters were free of dots and movements.

In the following year 78 AH, the Sassanian silver dirham was used and the foreign influences were eliminated. The texts were as follows:

                No God except Allah

The center of the face: God alone

               has no partner

Ring: Muhammad Messenger of Allah sent him guidance and the religion of truth to show it on all religion if hated polytheists

                God is one God

Center back: Samad did not give birth

                He has no one

The Ring: In the name of God, this dirham was struck by Armenian in the year eighty-eight. The Iraqi Museum is kept as a model of this rare dirham and in the following year there was a change in the style of dirham and became

                 There is no god but

The center of the face: God alone

               has no partner

The Ring: In the name of God, this dirham was struck in Basra in the year ninety-nine

               God is one God

Center back: Samad did not give birth

                He did not give birth

                He has no one

Ring: Muhammad Messenger of Allah sent him guidance and the religion of truth to show it on all religion even if the idolaters hated

    The dirham was silenced in the year 79 AH in many Arab and Islamic cities, including Damascus, Basra, Kufa, and others.

    In the last years of the Umayyad dynasty, some dirhams bore the symbol of the Abbasid da’wa in 127 AH (“Say, I do not ask you for reward except affection in kinship”). And that it happened since the year 127 AH and continued until the year 132 AH and some of the dirham Umayyad year 128 Hijra logo Kharij ((not rule except God)).

by

Dr.. Alaa Hussain Jassim