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| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1503-1512 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The field is filled with the names of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'a Islam arranged concentrically in multiple registers of Arabic Nasta'liq script, radiating from the centre of the flan. This distinctive Shi'a religious formula, introduced by Shah Isma'il I as a declaration of Safavid confessional identity, lists all twelve Imams beginning with Ali and concluding with Muhammad al-Mahdi. The strike is bold but uneven across the irregular flan, with some legends partially off-flan at the margins. |
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| Reverse lettering | علی حسن حسین علی محمد جعفر موسی علی محمد علی حسن محمد |
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