Sharaf al-Dawla Abu’l Faris Shirdhil, Buwayhid Amir in Kirman, Fars and Oman AH 373-379/AD 972-983

Cf. Treadwell Um375 (silver dirham) and SICA-10, 467 (silver dirham); A V1565, Choice Very Fine

Uman (Oman) mint, as independent ruler, cited as al-malik al-’adil/ Abu’l-Fawaris bin/ ‘Adud al-Dawla wa Taj/ al-Milla; ‘Abbasid caliph al-Ta’i’ Lillah cited on reverse. Appears to be unpublished, stylistically identical to the silver dirham of the same mint & date. This modern Sultanate of Oman occupies the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula with long coastlines on the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea. Extremely rare.

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Sharaf al-Dawla (AH 373-379/ AD 972-983) was the elder son of ‘Adud al-Dawla, He inherited the kingship of a vast area in southern Persia and across the Persian Gulf in present day Uman. Sharaf al-Dawla’s real name was Shirdil which means “lion heart” in Persian.