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1 Dinar - Takla
| Issuer | Salghurids (Atabegs of Fars) |
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| Year | 1175-1194 |
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| Currency | Dinar (628/632-1598) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Reverse field filled entirely with a multi-line Arabic epigraphic inscription arranged in horizontal registers, presenting the ruler's name, titles, and acknowledgement of suzerainty in a style consistent with 12th-century Persian Atabeg dinar reverses. The script is bold and somewhat angular, characteristic of the transitional Kufic-Naskh style prevalent in Salghurid coinage of the period. The flan shares the same irregular, slightly cracked character as the obverse, with a granular gold surface typical of hammered Islamic gold coinage. No marginal border, decorative elements, or figural imagery are present, the entire composition being devoted to calligraphic text. |
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The Salghurids ruled Fars as vassals — first under the Seljuqs, later under the Khwarazmian Empire — and their coinage reflects that political subordination, typically acknowledging the suzerain power alongside the local atabeg's name. Takla's reign coincided with the slow disintegration of Seljuq authority across Persia, a vacuum the Salghurids navigated carefully for over a century. Their gold dinars were struck at Shiraz, the dynasty's seat, which had been a functioning mint long before the Salghurids consolidated control there in the twelfth century.