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1/4 Mohur Ashrafi - Hedayat Allah Khan Zand Rebels
| Issuer | Gilan Province |
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| Year | 1786 |
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| Value | 1/4 Mohur (40) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Gilan Province, on the Caspian littoral, briefly fell under Zand rebel control in the turbulent final years of the dynasty's disintegration. Hedayat Allah Khan was among the regional commanders who exploited the chaos following the death of Ali Murad Khan in 1785, minting locally in gold to assert legitimacy at a moment when central Zand authority had effectively collapsed. These provincial rebel issues are rarely well-documented and survive in very small numbers.
The Ashrafi weight standard used here traces to Safavid-era practice, retained by Zand-affiliated mints as a mark of continuity with earlier Persian monetary tradition.