Nāṣir al-Dīn Maḥmūd
Ruler of the Artuqid dynasty from 1201 to 1222
About Nāṣir al-Dīn Maḥmūd
Coinage of Nasir al-Din Mahmud (1200–1222) Amid mint. Dated AH 617 (1220-1 CE).Obv: Double-headed eagle with wings displayed, all within floral quadrilobe, name and titles of Nasir al-Din Mahmud within petals of quadrilobe, continuation of name in outer margin.Rev: Name and title of Ayyubid overlord in two lines; all within hexagram; mint formula and AH date in angles of hexagram; name and titles of Abbasid caliph in outer margins. Nāṣir al-Dīn Maḥmūd (ruled 1201–1222) was a ruler of the Hasankeyf of the Artuqid dynasty. He was a son of Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad (1174–1185).
He is particularly known to have commissioned an edition of the Al-Jāmi‘ fī ṣinā‘at al-ḥiyal of Ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari, devoted to the depiction of mechanical devices in 1206 Amid (modern-day Diyarbakır), in modern Turkey. The miniatures are thought to reflect various aspects of the Artuqid court at the time.
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Sources & further reading
· Wikipedia: Nāṣir al-Dīn Maḥmūd
· DBpedia: Mahmud of Hasankeyf
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