Abbasid: Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi, rival caliph (817-819), silver dirham (3.09g), Madinat al-Salam (Baghdad) mint, AH 202 (817-818 CE). "i-h" (for Ibrahim). Rare. San'a al-Yemen mint

Abbasid: Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi, rival caliph (817-819), silver dirham (3.09g), Madinat al-Salam (Baghdad) mint, AH 202 (817-818 CE). "i-h" (for Ibrahim). Rare. San'a al-Yemen mintAbbasid: Ibrahim ibn al Mahdi, rival caliph (817 819), silver dirham (3. 09g), Madinat al Salam (Baghdad) mint, AH 202 (817 818 CE). "i h" (for Ibrahim) in reverse field. Album E225 (R). Extremely fine. Rare. An Abbasid prince and son of the third caliph al Mahdi, Ibrahim was briefly propelled to power during the Fourth Fitna when the citizens of Baghdad revolted against Caliph al Ma'mun. Proclaimed caliph in 817, Ibrahim secured the crucial

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