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 655 (1257 AD.),
Æ Unit / Æ Dirham (22-25 mm / 7,25 g., bronze, axes irregular alignment ↑→ (ca. 90°),
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Spengler/Sayles 71.2 ; BMC 590-592 ; Butak 81 ; Edhem - ; Mitch. - .
the so called 'watermelon-eater' type.
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.