ALMORAVID: Abu Bakr b. Yahya, fl. 1147/48, AV dinar (4.17g), Dar'a, AH542, A-476J, traditional Almoravid design and legends, with the name abu bakr bin / yahya below kalima in obverse field, the mint and date in the reverse margin, likely issued during the chaos following the death of the last Almoravid ruler Ishaq b. Ali in AH541/1146, bold XF, RRRR. Nothing seems to be known about Abu Bakr b. Yahya, though given the relatively short distance between Sijilmasa and Dar'a, it is possible that he was related to or was the son of Yahya b. Abi Bakr, who struck dinars at Sijilmasa in 543. No other coins are known from the city of Dar'a. According to Yaqut (vol. 2, p. 567), Dar’a lay about 4 farsakh (about 15 miles) southeast of Sijilmasa in Morocco. The demise of the Almoravids in AH541 led to numerous local rulers issuing their own coins before the Almohad expansion in the 540s and 550s in both Spain and North Africa, known as the Taifas de los Almoravides.

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