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FATIMID: Interregnum, 1130-1131, AV dinar (4.39g), al-Mu'izziya al-Qahira, AH525, VF

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FATIMID: Interregnum, 1130-1131, AV dinar (4.39g), al-Mu'izziya al-Qahira, AH525, VF
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FATIMID: Interregnum, 1130-1131, AV dinar (4.39g), al-Mu'izziya al-Qahira, AH525, A-734.1, Nicol-2594, citing the hidden al-imam muhammad in the obverse center, followed by his full titulature abu'l-qasim al-muntazar bi-amr Allah ("the expected, by God's order"), slightly uneven surfaces, all legends fully readable, VF, RR. This coin was issued during the brief but tumultuous period between the assassination of al-Âmir and the controversial succession of his cousin al-Hafiz. When al-Âmir was killed by Nizari agents (i.e. the Order of Assassins) in October 1130, he left behind a six-month-old son, al-Tayyib, without a vizier or regent. As the oldest surviving male of the dynasty, al-Hafiz (then known as 'Abd al-Majid) assumed the role of the regent and effectively became the head of state. But this was met with opposition from the army, which quickly placed him under arrest and installed Kutayfat as the new vizier. The infant al-Tayyib had disappeared amid the power struggle and was never heard from again. Kutayfat thus ruled in the name of a hidden imam by the name of Abu'l-Qasim Muhammad al-Muntazar bi-Amr Allah and issued coins in that name. His rule lasted barely over a year when members of al-Âmir's bodyguard assassinated him in December 1131. Al-Hafiz ascended the throne in the next month, thus bringing an end to the interregnum. However, his succession caused the Ismaili faith--already fractured by the Nizari schism--to further splinter. Those who recognize the legitimacy of al-Hafiz and his successors formed the now-extinct Hafizi sect; those who do not became the extent Tayyibi branch, which believes al-Tayyib went into seclusion (not unlike the final imam in Twelver Shia Islam) and is publicly represented by the Da'i al-Mutlaq ("absolute missionary").Only one example of this mint of the Interregnum is filed on CoinArchives (listed twice: unsold in 2015, then sold later in 2015).