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sikka

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Striking coins in the name of the sovereign

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    Event mentioned by Ibn Baṭṭūṭa.1 before 1354 CE1354-135613561997

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    • 1Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūṭa: al-musammāt Tuḥfat al-niẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, edited by ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Tāzī (al-Ribāṭ: Akādīmiyyat al-Mamlaka al-Maghribiyya, 1417 H [1996-97]), 3:205 [Arabic].
      • : H. A. R. Gibb, C. F. Beckingham, and A. D. H. Bivar, trans., The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, A.D. 1325-1354 (London: The Hakluyt Society, 1958-2000), III, 715 [English].

    How to Cite This Entry

    Thomas A. Carlson, “sikka” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/practice/1392.

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    • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; abstract; and categorization, matching from Ibn Baṭṭūṭa's travel account
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