Ayyubids of Aleppo, ca. 1216-1236 AD., al-'Aziz Muhammad, Fals, Album 841.1.
Ayyubids Emirs of Aleppo (Halab), al-'Aziz Muhammad (Al-Aziz Ghiyath al-Din abu al-Muzaffar Muhammad ibn al-Ghazi, AH 613-634 / 1216-1236 AD), no mint, no date, citing Caliph al-Nasir, struck ca. 613-622 AH / 1216-1236 AD.,
Fals (ø 21-22 mm / 3,74 g), copper, axes irregular alignment ↑↘ (ca. 130°),
Obv.: ... // الملك / العزيز , "al-Malik al-'Aziz" , two lines Arabic script within ornaments (octolobe); mint and date in margin (partly off), dotted border.
Rev.: ïº®ïº»ïºŽï»¨ï»Ÿïº / ï»¡ïºŽï»£ï»»ïº // ï»ªï» ï»Ÿïºï»ï»®ïº³ïºïºªï»¤ïº¤ï»£ï»ªï» ﻟﻻïºï»ªï»Ÿïºï»» , "Al-imam / al-Nasır. // Lailahe illallah Muhammed resulullah" , central legend within ornaments (octolobe), in margin kalima (partly off), dotted border.
Album 841.1 ; cf. Balog 708-713 for the type.
Al-Aziz Muhammad, the Ayyubid ruler of Aleppo, was son of predecessor az-Zahir Ghazi. Az-Zahir Ghazi (or al-Malik az-Zahir Ghazi; 1172 – 8 October 1216) was governor and then ruler of Aleppo from 1186 to 1216. He was the third son of Saladin and his lands included northern Syria and a small part of Mesopotamia.