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1/2 Shahi - Ismail I Safavi Turshiz, First Standard
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1502-1525 |
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| Currency | Shahi (1501-1798) |
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| Obverse lettering | السلطان العادل الکامل الهادی الوالی ابوالمظفر بهادرخان شاه اسمعیل الصفوی خلدالله ملکه و سلطانه ضرب ترشیز (Translation: The Just Sultan, The Perfect, The Guided, The Ruler, Abu al-Muzaffar Bahadur Khan Shah Ismail al-Safavi, May God Preserve His Kingdom and His Sultanate. Struck in Turshiz) |
| Reverse description | Entirely epigraphic reverse in thuluth script, presenting the Shi'a Kalimah (declaration of faith) in the central field: 'There is no god but God, Muhammad is the Messenger of God, Ali is the Friend of God.' The name 'Ali' is repeated four times in a square formation at the centre of the design. Surrounding this central arrangement, the names of the Twelve Shi'a Imams are inscribed in a continuous marginal legend, including Muhammad, Hasan, Husayn, and the remaining Imams through to Muhammad al-Mahdi. The deeply struck, interlocking letterforms are characteristic of the First Standard Safavid coinage, with the bold script filling the flan entirely. |
| Reverse script | Arabic (thuluth) |
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