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1/4 Qiran - Ahmad Qājār
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1913-1924 |
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| Currency | Qiran (1825-1932) |
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| Obverse description | Central Arabic legend reading 'Sultan Ahmad Shah Qajar / al-Sultan' arranged within a dotted inner circle, surrounded by a wreath of oak and laurel branches tied at the base. The denomination 'Rub'i' (ربعی) appears in the field below the inner circle, between the wreath ties. The overall design is executed in low relief with a beaded border encircling the entire field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ahmad Shah ascended the throne in 1909 at age eleven, the last ruler of the Qajar dynasty, presiding over a Iran increasingly carved up by British and Russian spheres of influence under the 1907 Anglo-Russian Convention. The quarter qiran was the smallest silver denomination in regular circulation during his reign, and its production spanned years of genuine political chaos — a constitutional crisis, World War I cutting off foreign trade, and a Soviet-backed separatist movement in Gilan that began in 1920.
Ahmad was formally deposed in 1925 while abroad in Europe, having not returned to Iran since 1923. Coins bearing his name were struck up to that point at the Tehran mint.