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1/2 Dirham - Mahmud
| Issuer | Ghaznavid dynasty |
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| Year | 998-1030 |
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| Weight | 1.2 g |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
| Obverse lettering | لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له |
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Mahmud of Ghazni conducted seventeen raids into the Indian subcontinent during his reign, funneling enormous quantities of plundered wealth — including silver — back into his treasury at Ghazni. His coinage reflects the administrative complexity of an empire stretching from Khorasan to the Punjab, with mint cities spread across modern Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan all striking in his name simultaneously. The fractional dirham served the lower end of a monetized bazaar economy that Mahmud actively cultivated despite his reputation as a raider.