★ The general Khuzayma ★

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Rashid, AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. Dirham (Silver, 27 mm, 2.92 g, 1 h), citing the governor Khuzayma ibn Khazim al Tamimi, Arran (Caucasus), AH 188 = AD 803/4. SICA III, 294. Some areas of weakness, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.

From the Tabib Collection, formed over the past 40 years.

Khuzayma was a son of Khazim al Tamimi (749-768), a Khurasani military officer who played an important role in the Abbasid revolution. Khuzayma himself held various high offices during the reigns of Harun al-Rashid and his successors.