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1 Abbasi - Shah Sultan Husain I Tabriz mint - type D
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1694-1723 |
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| Weight | 5.5 g |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The central field displays the principal Shi'a declaration of faith (kalima) in bold calligraphic Arabic script, while the names of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'a Islam are arranged in a circular band around the central inscription. The layout follows the established Safavid religious coin type, emphasizing the dynasty's role as champions of Shi'a Islam. The legends are rendered in nastaliq script and enclosed within a dotted border, consistent with hammered coinage of the period. |
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Shah Sultan Husain, the last effective Safavid ruler, presided over a court so consumed by religious orthodoxy and administrative paralysis that the Afghan Ghilzai under Mahmud Khan walked from Kandahar to Isfahan and took the capital in 1722 with minimal resistance. The Tabriz mint continued striking through much of his reign, though output became increasingly erratic as provincial revenues collapsed and the empire's western territories faced simultaneous Ottoman pressure.
KM#2683 designates the "type D" classification within what is a notably complex series — Safavid abbasi coinage of this reign presents multiple die varieties across mints, and Tabriz examples can be distinguished from Isfahan and Mashhad strikes primarily through calligraphic mint signatures.