Seljuqs, Great Seljuq. Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad I Tapar. AH 491-511 / AD 1105-1118. AV Dinar (26.8mm, 1.78 g, 6h). Sumayram mint. Dated AH 494 (AD 1100/01). With governor’s name Sayf - Barbak (?) to left and right of reverse field. Album 1683. Near VF, small edge split, reverse double struck. Excessively rare and apparently unpublished.

Sumayram is an extremely rare Seljuq dinar mint, situated between Isfahan and Shiraz. Sayf Barbak is also named as a governor on Seljuq dinars from Jirrah, a town no great distance from Sumayram.

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