MAIASP. 2023. No. 15 M.S. Gadjiev ( Numismatic
finds from the medieval religious and ritual complex in
Derbent DOI: 10.53737/2809.2023.32.33.033 Access this article (PDF File) Pages: 806—833 |
During rescue excavations in Derbent in The early chronological group (12 items) consists of
Umayyad and Abbasid fulus of the 8th
century, including the mint of Bab al-abwab (Derbent) and the fulus of the type of the Arran
governor Hassan b. Kakhtaba (770—775). Most coins of this group
(10 items) were found in a small area (ca. The late
chronological group (36 items)
includes copper dirhams of Bab
al-abwab Sulamids mainly
of the mid-12th c. — late 12th c. (13 items), Akhar malik
Mahmud b. Pishkin (1211—1226) (7 items), Ildegizids during the reign
of Caliph al-Nasir (1180—1225) (8 coins), and Aq Sunqurids (1189—1207) (8 items), including a coin with the name of Ildegizid
atabek Kizil Arslan (1186—1191). Eighteen coins of this
group were also found in a small area (ca. The whole archaeological
assemblage, including coins, indicate that the religious object ceased its
functioning in direct association with the invasion of the Mongols led by Jebe and Subutai, the
subsequent invasion of Khwarazmshah Jalal ad-Din in the Caucasus, and the conquest of Derbent by Bukdai, a commander
of Möngke Khan, in 1239. |
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Received October 9, 2022. Accepted for publication January
15, 2023. |
About the
authors: Gadjiev Murtazali Serazhutdinovich ( E-mail: murgadj@rambler.ru Zlobin Gennadiy Vyacheslavovich (Клишева, Россия). Independent Researcher E-mail: dr-zlobin@rambler.ru |