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1/4 Real - Zia'uddin
| Issuer | Sultanate of Kedah (Islamic states of Malaysia) |
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| Year | 1665 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | سلطان ۱۰۷۶ سنة (Translation: Sultan, year 1076 AH) |
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Kedah is among the oldest continuously ruled polities in Southeast Asia, with tributary relationships to both Siam and, periodically, the Mughal-aligned powers of the Malay world. Zia'uddin's coinage reflects a period when the sultanate was navigating those competing pressures while maintaining its own Islamic monetary conventions. The fractional real denomination itself points to sustained trade contact with the Spanish silver real system filtering through the region's port economy.