Zengid Atabegs of Mosul, Lu'lu'id of Mosul (al-Mawsil), Badr al-Din Lu'lu' bin 'Abd Allah ("Bedreddin Lulu bin Abdullah", AH 631-657 / 1233-1259 AD.), Mosul mint, dated AH 631 (1233-1234 AD.),
Æ Unit / Æ Dirham (25 mm / 7,11 g., copper, axes irregular alignment ↑↘ (ca. 120°),
Obv.: ﺔﺋﺎﻤﺘﺳï»ï»¦ï»´ïºœï» ïº›ï» ïºªïº£ïºïº”ﻨﺳﻞﺻﻮﻤﻟﺎﺑ ïºïº®ïº¿ , "Duribe bi-el-Musul sene 631" ; diademed head left with tight curls, star in front, all in beaded frame, mint and date formula in margin.
Rev.: ﻦﻴﻨﻣﺆﻤﻟïºïº®ï»´ï»£ïº ïº”ï» ï»ŸïºŽïº‘ïº®ïº¼ï»¨ïº˜ïº´ï»¤ï»Ÿïº ï»¡ïºŽï»£ï»»ïº / ﻑﺮﺷﻻïºï»šï» ﻤﻟïºï»žï»£ïºŽï»œï»Ÿïºï»šï» ï»¤ï»Ÿïº ï»®ï»Ÿï»®ï»Ÿ ﻦﻳﺪﻟïºï»ïºŽï»´ï»§ïºªï»Ÿïº ﺮﺪﺑ , "El-Ä°mam el-Mustansır billah emir'ül müminin. Bedreddünya veddin Lulu. El-Melik el-Kamil el-Melik el-EÅŸref" , legend in centre and margin with names of Caliph al Mustansir , the Lu’Lu’id Badr al-Din and two Ayyubids al Kamil and al-Ashraf.
Spengler/Sayles 68 ; BMC 576-582 ; Butak 78 .
Zengid, a mid to late 12th and early 13th century kingdom, occupying the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, north of Bagdad and south of Lake Van in modern Iraq and eastern Turkey, overrun by the Mongols in 1260 AD.