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1 Abbasi - Tahmasp II Qumm
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1731 |
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| Weight | 5.37 g |
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| Obverse script | Persian (nastaliq) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse field bears the Shi'ah Kalima in bold thuluth script arranged across three horizontal lines filling the entire flan. The upper line carries the first shahada (لا اله الا الله), the middle line the Muhammadan testimony (محمّد رسول الله), and the lower line the Alid declaration (علی ولیّ الله), affirming the Twelver Shi'ah confession of faith standard on Safavid coinage. The inscriptions are enclosed within a circular border composed of pellets of varying sizes, clearly visible around the periphery of the irregularly shaped hammered flan. The deeply incised, monumental calligraphy leaves minimal open field, creating a dense and imposing design characteristic of late Safavid silver issues. |
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Tahmasp II's reign was less a reign than a slow collapse. After Nader Quli expelled the Afghans from Isfahan in 1729, he restored Tahmasp to the Safavid throne — but real power never followed the title. The coins struck in Tahmasp's name were a political performance, Nader's way of maintaining a fiction of legitimate Safavid rule while he consolidated military control. By 1732, Nader deposed Tahmasp entirely, installing the infant Abbas III as a puppet before dropping the pretense altogether and crowning himself Shah in 1736.
Qumm was a secondary mint, and issues from this period show considerable variation in flan preparation and die alignment.