1 Abbasi - Abbas I Safavi Tabrīz mint

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.