The University of Hail, Saudi Arabia, announced the discovery of a gold dinar weighing 4 grams, dating back to the Abbasid era in the second century AH, written on it the two Shahada in ancient Kufic script.

The University of "Hail" (governmental) stated, through its website, Thursday, that the dinar, which dates back to the reign of the Abbasid Caliph Harun Al-Rashid, was discovered by the mission of the University's Department of Tourism and Antiquities in the archaeological city of "Faid" east of the city of Hail (northwest) in the framework of cooperation Al-Qaim with the Kingdom's Heritage Authority (governmental).

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The University of Hail continues the archaeological excavations in the city of Faid, and finds an Abbasid dinar revealing the archaeological history of Fid.https: //t.co/GLbRWbSHjq#University of Hail # Student_First pic.twitter.com/LHL0HRCK9h

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It quoted Muhammad al-Shehri, Dean of the University's Faculty of Arts and Arts, as saying, "During the archaeological excavations in the Tananir area, the dinar was found."

He added, "On the face of the dinar in the center, in simple and prominent Kufic script, was written the phrase (There is no god but God alone and has no partner) in the form of 3 consecutive rows, and on the outer frame of the same face the Qur’an verse was written (He is the one who sent his messenger with guidance and the religion of truth to show it to the whole religion) ".

For his part, Abdullah Al-Omran, head of the Department of Tourism and Antiquities at the University of Hail, explained that the discovered dinar "has written on the other side the phrase (Muhammad, the Messenger of God), each word of it in a separate line, and below it in a smaller font, the name of Jaafar is written."

He added, "Perhaps what is meant by the name is Minister Jaafar bin Yahya Al-Barmaki, Minister of Caliph Harun Al-Rashid, while he wrote on the outer frame of the back of the Basmalah dinar, and the year of its (production) struck in the manner: In the name of God, this dinar was struck in the year eighty and one hundred (Hijri)."

Inscriptions and writing on the golden dinar dating back to the early Abbasid era (social networking sites)

Regarding the discovered dinar, Muhammad al-Hajj, professor of archeology in the department, said that it “dates back to the early Abbasid era, or what is known as the first Abbasid era, specifically to the reign of the Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid, the most important successor of the Abbasid state, who ruled during the period between 170 AH and 193 AH.”

He added, "By finding this dinar, it can be said that the city of Faid during the second century AH was one of the important Islamic cities and stations located on the Darb Zubaydah or the Kufi pilgrimage route."

According to Al-Hajj, it is also possible to date this dinar from the architectural monuments that were uncovered in the region in the first place, which indicates the ancient existence of the city of Fid and its origin on the Kufic Hajj route.

The mandate of Harun al-Rashid of the Abbasid caliphate after the death of his older brother, Caliph Musa al-Hadi in Rabi al-Awwal 170 AH (September 14, 786 CE), under the reign of his father al-Mahdi, is one of the greatest and most brilliant what the Abbasid state went through, and he was 22 years old at the time, and he died in the city of Tous in Bilad Faris in the year 193 AH (808 AD) at the age of 45 years.

The policy of Caliph Harun al-Rashid was characterized by imposing the prestige of the state and its authority on all the lands of the state, and he faced several internal and external movements, most notably the Kharijites revolution led by Al-Walid bin Tarif Al-Shari, the revolution of Yahya bin Abdullah Al-Alawi, the Khorasan revolution, the conflict between Al-Qaysiyah and Al-Yamaniya, in addition to the Alawite opposition. According to a previous interview made by the Iraqi historian Badi Muhammad Ibrahim to Al-Jazeera Net.