Al-Qadir bans dealing in Maghrebi dinars

القادر يحظر التعامل بالدنانير المغربية

c. 1036 CE · 427 AH

Baghdad

In 427 the caliph al-Qadir ordered an end to dealing in 'Maghrebi' (Fatimid-struck) dinars, and instructed the court witnesses not to attest any deed of sale, licence or loan naming that coin; people accordingly shifted to the Qadiriyya, Nisaburi and Qashani dinars 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Levant & Iraq
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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Baghdad

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In 427 the caliph al-Qadir billah ordered an end to dealing in "Maghrebi" dinars — the dinars of the 'Ubaydid (Fatimid) state in Egypt — and instructed court witnesses not to attest any deed of sale, license, or loan in which this coin was named; people shifted to the Qadiri, Nishapuri and Qashani dinars 1.

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Baghdad
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al-Qadir bi-llah Ahmad ibn Ishaq ibn al-Muqtadir

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Al-Qadir's rescript imposing distinguishing dress on the dhimmis· The reading of the Qadiri Creed in the Dar al-Khilafa· The death of al-Qadir and the accession of al-Qa'im bi-amr Allah, 422· The Baghdad Attestation on Fatimid Lineage· The Baratha Mosque Affair in 420· Riot at the funeral of Bint Abi Nuh and the plunder of the Dar al-Rum church· The burning of a codex attributed to Ibn Mas'ud and the Karkh strife· Al-Qadir's order of repentance for the Mu'tazila in Baghdad and Khurasan

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  1. al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.8 p.430
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Al-Qadir's rescript imposing distinguishing dress on the dhimmis

At the end of Rajab 429 the ashraf, qadis, witnesses, jurists and notables were assembled at Bayt al-Nawba, the Nestorian katholikos and the Jewish Ra's al-Jalut were summoned, and the caliph's rescript was read: recalling the bounds the Rashidun caliphs had laid on the dhimmis — distinction, humility and separateness from the Muslims — it ordered all dhimmis to alter their outward dress into what would mark them on sight, their neglect having let them assimilate to Muslim dress.