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1/4 Qiran - Nāṣer al-Dīn Qājār
| Issuer | Imperial Iranian Mint |
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| Year | 1894-1896 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicting the Imperial Iranian emblem: a lion passant to the right, holding a sword in its right forepaw, with a radiant sun rising behind its back. A crown is placed above the composition at the top of the field. The entire device is framed by a wreath of oak leaves tied at the base, with the Arabic date numeral appearing in the lower exergual area beneath the wreath. |
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| Mintage | 1311 (1894) - - 1312 (1895) - - 1313 (1896) - - |
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Nāṣer al-Dīn Shāh had ruled Iran for nearly half a century by the time this small fraction was struck, making his reign the longest of any Qājār monarch. The years 1894–1896 were the final ones — he was assassinated at the shrine of Shah Abdol-Azim in May 1896 by Mirzā Reżā Kermāni, a follower of the pan-Islamic reformer Jamal al-Din al-Afghani. Coins of this terminal issue circulated into the reign of his son Mozaffar al-Din without recall, giving survivors a longer circulation life than the shah himself.