ANTAKIYYA (Antioch)

A city situated along the border of the Byzantine Empire and Muslim world which acted as an important military garrison and fortress from the early rise of Islam. In fell to Ahmad ibn Tulun in 265/878 and remained in Tulunid control until 285/898.

Tulunid coins production in al-Antakiyya

BIBLIOGRAPHY

American Numismatic Society http://www.amnumsoc.org/

Grabar, Oleg. The coinage of the Tulunids. New York, American Numismatic Society, 1957.

Streck, M. and H.A.R. Gibb. "Antakiya" in EI2.