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1 AR Dinar - Muhammad ibn al-Muzaffar Bazuft
| Issuer | Muzaffarid dynasty |
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| Year | 1359 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Central square cartouche containing the Shahada in bold Arabic Naskh script arranged in three lines: the profession of faith reading 'La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammad rasul Allah' (There is no god but God, Muhammad is the Messenger of God). The cartouche is framed by a double-line border, with additional Arabic marginal legend running along the outer circular field. The lower segment of the coin bears a mint name in Arabic script, partially visible below the central frame. The overall design is characteristic of Muzaffarid hammered silver coinage, with an irregular flan and deeply struck lettering. |
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| Obverse lettering | لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله |
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The Muzaffarids were a regional dynasty that consolidated power across Fars, Isfahan, and Kerman in the mid-14th century, their authority frequently fractured by internal succession disputes among the founder's descendants. Muhammad ibn al-Muzaffar's sons and grandsons spent nearly as much energy fighting each other as resisting external pressure — a dysfunction that ultimately made the dynasty easy prey for Timur, who exterminated the surviving male line in 1393.
The Bazuft mint is among the more obscure provincial issuing points in this series. Album's A#2279V attribution signals a variant within a scarce type.