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1 Abbasi - Safi I Safavi Type B, Tabrīz mint
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1629-1641 |
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| Weight | 7.68 g |
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| Obverse lettering | هست از جان غلام شاه صفی ضرب تبریز ۱۰۴۱ |
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| Reverse lettering | لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله علی ولی الله |
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Safi I inherited the Safavid throne in 1629 following the death of Abbas I — the dynasty's most capable ruler — and his reign was marked almost immediately by territorial erosion. The Ottomans retook Baghdad in 1638 after a siege of several months, a loss that effectively ended Safavid ambitions in Mesopotamia for good. Tabriz itself sat uncomfortably close to the Ottoman frontier throughout this period, making coinage from this mint a direct artifact of a state under sustained military and political pressure.
The A#2638 type classification distinguishes this issue from the earlier Abbasi fabric introduced under Abbas I.