Coins King of Hijaz Sharif Hussain bin Ali 1334 AH / 1916 AD - 1343 H / 1923 AD

Mohamed Yousef, Ahmed

doi:10.21608/jguaa.2018.4203.1026

Coins King of Hijaz Sharif Hussain bin Ali 1334 AH / 1916 AD - 1343 H / 1923 AD

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Ahmed Mohamed Yousef

Professor of Islamic Archaeology Department of Islamic Archaeology Faculty of Archaeology Cairo University(Egypt)

10.21608/jguaa.2018.4203.1026

Abstract

: Sharif al-Husayn ibn Ali (1334 AH / 1916 AH - 1343 AH / 1925 AD) is one of the most influential figures in the history of the Arabs in the modern era. He is associated with the renaissance of the Arabian Peninsula in the political, administrative, military, economic and social aspects.
The research deals with the coins of Al-Sharif Bin Ali, and the establishment of the first mint Hashemite Arab coins in Makkah.
The coins can be divided into several sections in Al-Sharif Al-Hussein, in which I will deal with the money circulating in the Hijaz during the period of Al-Sharif Al Hussein, including foreign currency, Ottoman and Egyptian, in addition to studying the money that was minted by Sharif Hussein in his rare name and titles and analysis.
And will vary between the gold and silver and copper, and I will address the study of these coins impact of money on the political and economic aspects, and I will conclude the study to study the monetary values of the coins of Sharif Hussein bin Ali.
The research was based on a collection of important historical and historical documents and documents for the minting of coins. The most important of these are the documents of the Arabian Peninsula in the British Archives, the Qibla and the Al-Falah newspaper.

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