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Qirat - Yūsuf b. Tāshfīn
| Issuer | Almoravid dynasty |
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| Year | 1061-1106 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by multiple lines of Kufic Arabic inscription arranged horizontally across the flan, rendered in bold raised lettering characteristic of Almoravid silver coinage. The legends are separated by a horizontal line of pellets or a plain rule dividing the field into upper and lower registers. The entire design is contained within a plain or dotted border following the irregular circumference of the hammered flan. The inscription style is consistent with the religious and titular formulae standard to Almoravid qirats issued under Yūsuf ibn Tāshfīn. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Yūsuf ibn Tāshfīn never formally claimed the title of caliph, yet the Almoravid silver coinage of his reign circulated across a domain stretching from the Sahara to the Tagus — an empire assembled through conquest of Morocco, then the Iberian taifa kingdoms following his decisive intervention at Sagrajas in 1086, where his forces halted the Castilian advance under Alfonso VI. The qirat denomination itself reflects the fractional silver system the Almoravids inherited and adapted from earlier Maghrebi monetary practice rather than any Andalusian precedent.