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1/2 Dinar ' Mithqal' - 'Ali Mu'ayyad
| Issuer | Sarbedaran dynasty |
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| Year | 1362-1384 |
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| Value | 1/2 Dinar |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears multi-line Arabic inscription in cursive Naskh script arranged in concentric or horizontal registers, with the mint date recorded in the marginal legend. The marginal inscription encircles the central text and carries the AH dating formula. The flan is irregular and hand-struck, with characteristic surface undulation of hammered gold. The overall composition follows the conventional epigraphic layout of 14th-century Persian Islamic fractional dinars. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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The Sarbedaran were a peculiar formation — a Shi'a rebel state that emerged in Khorasan in the 1330s, nominally vassals of the Ilkhanate but functionally independent after Mongol power collapsed in the region. 'Ali Mu'ayyad, who ruled from roughly 1364 to 1386, was the dynasty's longest-reigning and most capable leader, eventually submitting to Timur without significant resistance around 1381 rather than face destruction. That political calculation preserved Sabzevar from the massacre Timur inflicted on less cooperative cities.
Gold coinage from the Sarbedaran is extremely rare in any denomination — a minor regional power with limited access to bullion supplies left a thin documentary record in metal.