PQV : ABBASID GOVERNORS OF TABARISTAN, UMAR IBN AL-'ALA , PYE128 / 163AH /779A D,1/2 DIRHAM , 2.0 gm , 24 mm ,

Obverse : Crowned Sasanian-style bust right, APD in outer margin, breast ornament: 3 pellets. Umar's name in Arabic  (عمر) on the right.

Reverse : Fire altar with 2 attendants; star left and crescent right of flames. Pahlavi date to left, mint name to right 'TPWRSTAN' (Tabaristan).

A # 56, Malek # 79 , EF.

Umar was originally a butcher from Reyy near , who became an accomplished soldier. He took part in the suppression of Sunbadh's revolt in 137AH and was sent to Tabaristan by the Abbasid caliph al-Mansur in 141AH to take part in its conquest with Khazim ibn Khuzayma, after this conquest he appears to have remained in Tabaristan.

عمر بن العلاء

والیان عباسی طبرستان

ولاة العباسيين في طبرستان

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