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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>Dear
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>An
important historical coin has been added to the Tonegawa
Collection.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>A
round Almohad dirham of the mint Marrakush dated
628H:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><A
href="http://www.andalustonegawa.50g.com/alomhads/IMG_1952.JPG"><FONT
color=#0000ff size=3
face=Calibri>http://www.andalustonegawa.50g.com/alomhads/IMG_1952.JPG</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>It
is, to date, the <B><U>only</U></B> material evidence of the failed
revolutionary and very bloody attempt by the Almohad Abu al ‘Ula Idris I
al-Ma`mun (624-629/1227-1231) at breaking with the Almohad Mahdist Credo and an
attempted to return to ‘Sunni orthodoxy`. The most significant change, among
others, on the coin is the substitution of “al-<STRONG>Mahdi</STRONG> Imam
al-Umma” by “ <STRONG>al-Quran</STRONG> Imam al-Umma” . This last emblematic
phrase would be taken up at a later time by the Marinid
dynasty.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>For
Arabic reading of the coin see under ruler
at:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><A
href="http://www.andalustonegawa.50g.com/almohads1.htm"><FONT color=#0000ff
size=3
face=Calibri>http://www.andalustonegawa.50g.com/almohads1.htm</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>Best
regards,<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT size=3><FONT
face=Calibri>Tawfiq
Ibrahim<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>