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| I will opt for brevity in these opening notes, with the hope that
the quality and value of this issue will speak for itself. I want to take this opportunity, however, to thank all the contributors who made this issue the best as-Sikka yet. Specifically, I would like to thank Tawfiq Ibrahim. Not only for his important contributions in the three articles that crown this issue, but for championing the cause of as-Sikka and also for initiating and helping me in my translation of al-Dawahit al-Mushtabakat Fi Dawabit Dar al-Sikka. The idea of focusing each issue of as-Sikka on a theme or subject is one that I would like the group's input on. I have posted a poll which I hope you will be willing to participate in. It will help us in delivering an increasingly more useful eJournal. Finally, and on a different note, I would like to entertain the idea of an editorial board that would act on a rotating basis in putting together future issues of as-Sikka. Your thoughts, initiatives and volunteer spirits are sought.
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The Islamic Conquest of Spain
From "History of the Conquest of Spain" by Ibn Abd al-Hakem: Translated by John Harris Jones (Gottingen, W. Fr. Kaestner, 1858), pp. 18-22 |
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Coin Supplement to N.M.
Lowick's Monnaies Des Sulaymanides De Suq Ibrahim Et De Tanas, Revue
numismatique, 1983, 6em série, XXV, p. 177-187. Tawfiq Ibrahim. |
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A Century Old Numismatic
Myth. Tawfiq Ibrahim |
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A New Addition To The
Numismatics Of The Emirate Of Granada. A Dinar Of Isma´il II. 760-61/ 1358-59. Tawfiq Ibrahim. |
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Two Unpublished Almohad
Coins Sebastian Gaspariño |
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Obverse and reverse in
Murabitid coins (with reference to an unrecorded half qirat) Miguel Vega (Archivo Diocesano de Málaga, Spain) Salvador Peña (Universidad de Málaga, Spain) |
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Chapter Five Of: "Al-Dawhat al-Mushtabakat Fi Dawabit Dar al-Sikka" By Abi al-Hasan ‘Ali b. Yusuf al-Hakim Translated by Fawzan Barrage |
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Contemporary
Counterfeits, A Document Of History, The Counterfit Dirhams of
Morocco 1283-1291H Marc Pelletier |
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Seal Of Solomon On
Coins Of Morocco Marc Pelletier |
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a Poll to determain what should be the next as-Sikka theme |