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1 Abbasi - Abbas I Safavi Tabrīz mint
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1588-1628 |
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| Value | 4 Shahi |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing the Shi'a profession of faith and the names of the Twelve Imams rendered in bold nasta'liq calligraphy, arranged in three horizontal registers within a double-line circular border. The upper register carries the Shahada formula affirming the oneness of God and the prophethood of Muhammad; the middle register names Ali as the Friend of God; the lower register continues with the names of the remaining eleven Imams in sequence. A continuous marginal legend in finer script encircles the entire central composition along the outer rim. The overall design is characteristic of Safavid Twelver Shi'a coinage and is executed with the vigorous, sweeping strokes typical of Abbas I-period issues. |
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Abbas I came to the throne in 1588 inheriting a Safavid state under severe military pressure — the Ottomans held Tabriz itself until Abbas negotiated the humiliating Peace of Constantinople in 1590, ceding vast northwestern territories to buy time. The Tabriz mint resumed meaningful output only after Abbas retook the city in 1603 following his sweeping military reforms, which restructured the army around a standing force funded directly by the royal household rather than qizilbash tribal levies.
The abbasi denomination was Abbas's own monetary innovation, introduced to rationalize a debased coinage system he inherited.