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1/4 Mohur Ashrafi - Karim Khan Zand Type D, Kermān mint
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1767 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field displaying the Shi'a Kalimah (profession of faith) arranged in three lines in Arabic script: the first line bearing the Tawhid ('La ilaha illa Allah' — There is no god but God), the second naming the Prophet ('Muhammad Rasul Allah' — Muhammad is the Messenger of God), and the third affirming the Imamate of Ali ('Ali Wali Allah' — Ali is the Friend of God). The inscription is rendered in bold Naskh-style characters with diacritical markings, contained within a raised inner circle and framed by a beaded border consistent with hammered Zand-dynasty gold coinage. |
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Karim Khan Zand never took the title of Shah, ruling instead as Vakil al-Ra'aya — regent of the subjects — a deliberate political choice that distinguished his administration from the Safavid tradition he nominally upheld. Kerman was a productive mint under the Zands, and this fractional gold issue reflects the dynasty's attempt to maintain a functioning monetary system during the chronic instability that followed Nader Shah's assassination in 1747. The Type D classification denotes a specific die arrangement within Karim Khan's coinage sequence, distinguished in the Album and Zeno references by calligraphic layout rather than iconographic change.