Middle eastern coin, 39 mm, palace or cathedral with two spires

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If someone can identify this, any tips on how I should have tried to find it myself without reading Arabic? Also, if someone could tell me where/how to read the date. I spent over an hour looking to no avail but would like to learn what I should have done.
It took a while but I was able to search it: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces118735.html
Can't see a date either.
Probably a token for the mosque.

edit: 30/12/2020 02:31
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Coming back to this page now & Giobruno has posted at 12.20am, mine was 12.21am!!
Why does that happen?
Are there any search tips you could share? Thank you.
Use the advanced search and give in what you see on your coin. You can see 30 g., the number 10 and purity .999 (which indicates it's very probably silver). With these filters you would have narrowed down the choice to 101, most of them not in Arabic lettering so you could have scrolled down very fast and would have find your coin in minutes: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=&ct=coin&tb=y&tc=y&tn=y&tp=y&tt=y&cat=y&ru=&ca=3&no=&v=&d=&i=10&a=&dg=&m=1&f=&t=&w=30&u=&g=&se=&c=&wi=&sw=
Of course, it's always a bit of a gamble, not all the coins in our catalogue are described properly, but it's a good start.
Thank you so much! I'm trying to learn and I appreciate the tips!

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