Bekteginids at Irbil, 1190-1232 AD., Muzaffar al-din Kokburi, Æ Dirham, Album 1888.1.

Bekteginids at Irbil (Begteginid, Atabegs of Erbil, Atabegs of Arbela), Muzaffar al-din Kokburi (Muzaffereddin Gokbori, AH 563-630 / 1168-1232 AD.), citing the Ayyubid ruler Al-Nasir Salah ad-Din Yusuf I ("Saladin", AH 564-589 / 1169-1193 AD.), no mint and date, but presumably struck at Erbil / Irbil, ca. 1190-1232 AD.,
Æ Dirham (31-32 mm / 9,30 g), copper, axes irregular alignment ↑↖ (ca. 310°), overstruck on undetermined host,
Obv.: ... , enthroned facing figure, holding up (globe in ?) his left hand.
Rev.: ... , within square : "Al-Malek Al-Naser Salah Al-Dunya W al Din Yussuf" legend in centre across field in a dotted frame, citing the Ayyubid ruler Al-Nasir Salah ad-Din Yusuf I on reverse, additional legend in margin.
Album 1888.1 ; Marsden's p.121 # 2 (according to Album, Marsden was apparently unaware of the Begteginids and attributed this piece to the Artuqid Yuluk Arslan) ; BMC vol III, # 669-674 ; http://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=71701 .

The line of Beg-Tegin (or Begtegin) was founded by a Turcoman prince named Zayn A-Din 'Ali, who entered the service of the Zangids in 539 AH/ 1144 AD. However it w as only during the reign of Muzaffar Al-Din Kukburi (586-630 AH / 1190-1232 AD) , who received the apanage of Irbil from Salah al-Din (Saladin) that the family excercised any real autonomy. Kukburi bequeathed his possessions to the Abbasid caliphate and Caliphal coins are known struck at Irbil after 630 AH.