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1 Akce - Ya'kub bin Süleyman
| Issuer | Germiyan, Beylik of |
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| Year | 1402-1429 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by the Islamic profession of faith (Shahada) rendered in multiple lines of Arabic script within a dotted border. The legend reads 'La ilaha illa Allah / Muhammad rasul Allah' (There is no god but God / Muhammad is the messenger of God). The text is boldly struck in raised relief against a flat field, characteristic of Anatolian beylik hammered coinage. The irregular flan edge is typical of hand-cut silver blanks of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله |
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Ya'kub II of Germiyan is among the more unusual figures in Anatolian history — he twice ruled his beylik, lost it to Timur's redistribution of Ottoman-conquered territories after Ankara in 1402, and then willed the entire principality to the Ottomans upon his death in 1429, ending Germiyan's independence without a military conquest. This akçe circulated during that final, borrowed sovereignty.