One 1 FALS Bronze Coin, Al-Nasir Yusuf, 1236 To 1260 AD, Ayyubid Emirate Of Halab al-Shahba, Middle East Numismatics

 

Issuer: Ayyubid Sultanate Of Halab al-Shahba (Aleppo), Ayyubid Kurdish Dinasty, Emir Al-Nasir Yusuf, 1236 To 1260 AD. Standard Circulating Coinage. Years 633 To 658 Hijri. Value Of 1 Fals Or 1/16 Of Dinar (1183 To 1260 AD). Composition, Bronze Alloy. Average Diameter 20mm. Shaped Round But Irregular. Hammered Minting Technique.
Obverse: Six-foil with annulets outside each cusp. Script: Arabic.
Reverse: Six-foil with annulets outside each cusp. Script: Arabic.
Comments: Citing the Caliph Al-Musta'sim.
References: Bal I# 783
An-Nasir Yusuf Was The Great-Grandson Of Saladin. He Became The Ayyubid Ruler Of Aleppo When He Was Seven-Years-Old After The Death Of His Father Al-Aziz Muhammad. He Was Placed Under A Four-Man Regency Council, Consisting Of The Vizier Ibn Al-Qifti, The Emir Shams Al-Din Lu'lu' Al-Amini, The Emir 'Izz Al-Din 'Umar Ibn Mujalli And Jamal Al-Dawla Iqbal. The Last Was The Representative Of An-Nasir's Grandmother, Dayfa Khatun, Daughter Of Al-Adil I, Who Was The Effective Ruler Until Her Death In 1242. Thereafter Until His Death In 1251, Shams Al-Din Was An-Nasir's Commander-In-Chief And Most Influential Advisor. His Most Loyal Troops Were The Qaymariyya, Upon Whose Emirs He Relied Heavily For Advice. He Sustained A Complex And Not Very Friendly Relationship With The Egypt Mamluks.
As Early As 1243-1244, An-Nasir Yusuf, While Ruler Of Aleppo, Had Sent An Envoy To The Mongol Ruler Arghun Aqa. In 1245-1246 He Was Paying Tribute To The Mongols, And Sent An Envoy To The Court Of Güyük Khan In Karakorum, And Again Sent Another To The Court Of The Khan In 1250. As The Mongols Marched Toward Aleppo, Some Of An-Nasir Yusuf's Advisors Recommended Surrendering To Hulagu As The Best Solution. This Angered Baibars And His Mamluks Who Attempted To Assassinate An-Nasir Yusuf, But He Escaped And Fled With His Brother To The Castle Of Damascus, Also Sending His Wife, Son, And Money To Egypt. Many Of The Citizens Of Damascus Also Fled To Egypt. Nevertheless, Aleppo Was Mercilessly Sacked And Its Population Massacred In December 1259. An-Nasir Yusuf, His Son Al-Aziz, And His Brother Al-Zahir Were Abducted In Gaza By One Of His Servants And Were Sent To Hulagu, An-Nasir And His Brother Were Executed.

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