
Billah yathiqu / Muhammad wa bihi / yantasir (“In God trusts Muhammad and through him is
victorious”) // Muhammad / rasul / Allah al-Amir / Muhammad (“Muhammad is the messenger of God, Amir Muhammad"). 10mm, 0.49 grams. "Mint 1". "The coins of the Indian Sultanates"# -; Fishman/Todd "The Silver Damma" #HS14.2.
This type (with this calligraphy) is known from a single coin published in Fishman/Todd.
Extremely rare ruler, with only a few known coins. During the reign of Muhammad II (Mint 1) and Ahmed (Mint 3) this long-standing arrangement must have collapsed – Muhammad II was the last ruler of “Mint 1”. After his demise, Ahmed must have taken over “Mint 1”. Past this point it seems that Ahmed’s family branch consolidated the Habbarid domain – after more than a century, the Habbarid realm, split by the successors of ‘Umar I, was again under single rule.
Sind was the first part of India to come under Muslim rule. The earliest Amirs issued small silver coins (1/5 dirhams) - all carrying the name of the Amir, but without any dates, so they are very difficult to date exactly, especially since the Amirs of Sind are virtually unknown from other sources.