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At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
Life in time
Trade and financePolitics, governance and authority
Summary
Under Ali ibn Ma'mun, Shohruxmirzo Ismoilov writes, Khwarazm's economic and political power grew and the kinds of coins and the number of mints increased: 33 types are known, struck at Jurjaniyya, Kath, Farawa, Nasa and Bukhara. 1
His coins and mints
- Kath: a dirham of about 392 AH with the city's name, the title Khwarazmshah and the word thaman, which the author takes as the name of a denomination, and on the reverse the caliph al-Qadir bi-llah; it weighs 4.85 g. There are also fulus with an octagonal panel reading "Ali, Kath" and "Khwarazm Shah". 2 3
- Jurjaniyya: dirhams with the title "the just king", one type dated 396 AH, another 389 AH. 4 5
- Farawa: a dirham of 392 AH with the title "the noble king". Farawa lay four days from Jurjaniyya and belonged to the Samanid state; the author suggests Nuh ibn Mansur may have given it to the Ma'munids for services rendered. 6 7 8
- Bukhara: a fals of 390/1000 resembling Samanid fulus, which the author reads as evidence that Ali held Bukhara for a time; he raises and then sets aside the possibility that the Samanids or Qarakhanids struck it to order. 7 8
- Nasa: two dirhams from the Kreshcheny Baran hoard, with the title "the just king", weighing 6.85 and 6.95 g. 7 9
Hoards
Connections
- Ruler of
- Ma'munids (Khwarazmshahs of Jurjaniyya)
- Child of
- Ma'mun ibn Muhammad, Khwarazmshah
People and things also explored
Abu al-Abbas Ma'mun ibn Ma'mun, Khwarazmshah· Ma'mun ibn Muhammad, Khwarazmshah· Ma'munids (Khwarazmshahs of Jurjaniyya)· Jurjaniyya (Gurgandj)· Muhammad ibn Ali, emir of Jurjaniyya· Afrighids (Khwarazmshahs of Kath)· Coins of the Khwarazmshah Era (Ismoilov)· Coinage of Islamic Khwarazm (8th–13th century)
Sources
- Shohruxmirzo Ismoilov, Xorazmshohlar davri tangalari (VIII–XIII asr boshlarida) [Coins of the Khwarazmshah era, 8th–early 13th century], Bukhara: Durdona, 2025 , p. 70
- Shohruxmirzo Ismoilov, Xorazmshohlar davri tangalari (VIII–XIII asr boshlarida) [Coins of the Khwarazmshah era, 8th–early 13th century], Bukhara: Durdona, 2025 , p. 71
- Shohruxmirzo Ismoilov, Xorazmshohlar davri tangalari (VIII–XIII asr boshlarida) [Coins of the Khwarazmshah era, 8th–early 13th century], Bukhara: Durdona, 2025 , p. 72
- Shohruxmirzo Ismoilov, Xorazmshohlar davri tangalari (VIII–XIII asr boshlarida) [Coins of the Khwarazmshah era, 8th–early 13th century], Bukhara: Durdona, 2025 , p. 73
- Shohruxmirzo Ismoilov, Xorazmshohlar davri tangalari (VIII–XIII asr boshlarida) [Coins of the Khwarazmshah era, 8th–early 13th century], Bukhara: Durdona, 2025 , p. 74
- Shohruxmirzo Ismoilov, Xorazmshohlar davri tangalari (VIII–XIII asr boshlarida) [Coins of the Khwarazmshah era, 8th–early 13th century], Bukhara: Durdona, 2025 , p. 76
- Shohruxmirzo Ismoilov, Xorazmshohlar davri tangalari (VIII–XIII asr boshlarida) [Coins of the Khwarazmshah era, 8th–early 13th century], Bukhara: Durdona, 2025 , p. 77
- Shohruxmirzo Ismoilov, Xorazmshohlar davri tangalari (VIII–XIII asr boshlarida) [Coins of the Khwarazmshah era, 8th–early 13th century], Bukhara: Durdona, 2025 , p. 163
- Shohruxmirzo Ismoilov, Xorazmshohlar davri tangalari (VIII–XIII asr boshlarida) [Coins of the Khwarazmshah era, 8th–early 13th century], Bukhara: Durdona, 2025 , p. 78
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islam.museum contributors. “Ali ibn Ma'mun, Khwarazmshah”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ali-ibn-mamun-khwarazmshah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-04.
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