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1 AR Tanka - Qutb al-Din Muhammad 'Ali Nimruz
| Issuer | Mihrabanid dynasty |
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| Year | 1407 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a multi-line Arabic legend arranged in bold, angular script within a dotted inner border. The inscription, rendered in a robust kufic-influenced naskh style typical of eastern Islamic coinage of the period, fills the flan with the ruler's name and titles. A marginal legend runs along the periphery of the coin, partially visible on the irregular flan edge. The overall design is characteristic of Mihrabanid hammered silver issues, with deeply struck lettering on a slightly curved planchet. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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The Mihrabanids were a remarkably durable minor dynasty, ruling Sistan from the mid-13th century well into the 15th — surviving as vassals through the Ilkhanid, Muzaffarid, and Timurid periods by careful political accommodation. Qutb al-Din Muhammad 'Ali's coinage from around 1407 falls squarely within the Timurid sphere of dominance, making the continued assertion of a local dynastic name on the tanka a deliberate, if modest, claim to regional identity.
Sistan's chronic instability — floods, droughts, and shifting Helmand River channels repeatedly devastated the province — means surviving coinage from this ruler is genuinely scarce.