1219 | Al Andalus coins

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TAIFAS ALMORAVID, Ahmad ibn Qasi (539-546H). Get rid of yourself. (Ar. 0.92g/13mm). Martūla (Mértola) / مرتولة (1st group, 539-540H). (Vives 1916; Hohertz 502b; Gomes AQ 01.03; Benito Fa3). Anv: Legend with Almohad formula: الله ربــنا (Allah Our Lord) / و محمد نبينا (and Muhammad is our Messenger) / و المهدي اما (and El Mahdi Ima-)/ منا (n our). Rev: الامام (The Imam)/القائم بامر الله (al-Qaʾim bi-amri Allah)/ احمد بن قسي عبد (Ahmad ben Qasi 'Abd)/ مارتلة (Allah Mértola). Good Very Fine. Smooth patina. Very rare.

"Ahmad ben Qasi was the initiator of the uprisings against Almoravid power, and for a time he controlled the southeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula (the Gharb). Descended from a wealthy family of Muladi converts, at one point he sold his possessions and distributed them among the poor, dedicating himself to a life of study and asceticism in which he came into contact with the main Sufi masters of al-Andalus. Upon returning to Silves, he gained fame as a preacher and mystic, even being attributed with supernatural powers; he founded a group of followers called Muridin, and in the midst of religious fervor, he proclaimed himself Mahdi, the one guided by God to announce and establish a new kingdom of justice." (Benito de los Mozos, "Almoravid and Post-Amoravid La Plata: El Quirate" p. 143).