TABARISTAN: Nusayr, 784-785, AR 1/2 dirham (1.88g), Tabaristan, AH168, A-L73, Malek-212, mint & date written in Arabic on the reverse, whereas the name of Nusayr is in Pahlavi at the usual name location before the bust on the obverse, EF-AU, RR. Miles and DeShazo have argued that this individual was the eunuch Nusayr al-Wasif, who served as chief of intelligence for the caliph al-Mahdi.
