Monnaies islamiques des musees d'arabie saoudite

Islamics coins in saudi arabien museums

• Auteur / Autrice : Saud Theyab
• Direction : Janine Sourdel-Thomine
• Type : Thèse de doctorat
• Discipline(s) : Études arabo-islamiques
• Date : Soutenance en 1990
• Etablissement(s) : Paris 4

Résumé

Notre recherche porte sur l'etude d'un tresor et de deux collections conservees aux musees d'arabie saoudite. Nous avons etudie a cette occasion, au total 1538 pieces inedites qui couvrent plusieurs dynasties islamiques. A cote des grandes dynasties, tels les umayyades, abbasides, ottomans, diverses autres dynasties locales (aglabides, idrisides gaznawides, samaindes, tulunides etc. . . ), sont representees. Ce qui confere par consequent un interet plus qu'evident a notre recherche, dans le domaine de la numismatique islamiques. Comme les collections, eu egard a l'heterogeneite des materiaux qu'elle representent, ne s'appretaient qu'a une etude partielle, aussi nous nous sommes limites a etablir le catalogue tout en signalant, chaque fois que cela possible, l'originalite et le degre de rarete de certaines pieces. Le catalogue du tresor est precede, d'une analyse minutieuse, dont nous nous sommes efforces d'etablir chaque particularite qui se presentait, tout en faisant ressortir les conclusions qui s'imposaient. Conclusions relatives non seulement a la metrologie et a la circulation monetaire.

Our research is concerned with the study of treasury and two collections which are kept in saud arabien museums. This time we have studied a total of 1,538 new items which cover several islamic dynasties. As well as great dynasties such as the umayades the abbasides and the ottomans, various other local dynasties (the aglabides, the idrisides, the gaznawides, the samanides, the tulunides etc. . . ) are represented. This consequently makes our research exceptionality interesting in the field of islamic numismatics. With regard to the diversity of materials used, the collections were only ready for a partial study, so we restricted ourselves to reparing a catalogue, pointing out wherever possible how rare and original certain items were. The treasury catalogue was preceded by a painstaking analysis, in which great trouble was taken to set out each distintive feature which apparent, drawing attention to any conclusions to be made, concerning not only metrolgy (measuring methods) and how often coins minted at the various islamic workshops, but also money circlation.