Dirham `qarari` - Ibrahim

The qarari dirham was a reduced-weight silver standard introduced by the Ghaznavids as their empire contracted under sustained Seljuk pressure following the catastrophic defeat at Dandanaqan in 1040. Ibrahim ibn Mas'ud, who ruled from 1059 to 1099, stabilized the dynasty's rump territories in the Punjab and Afghanistan, and his long reign accounts for the relative frequency of this type in the numismatic record.

Album 1641 encompasses considerable die variety across Ibrahim's four decades of issue.