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1 Dinar - Tutush b. Alp Arslan Zanjan
| Issuer | Seljuq Emirate of Syria (Tutush I) |
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| Year | 1095 |
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| Weight | 2.54 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a multi-line Arabic religious and titular inscription arranged in several horizontal lines within a plain inner circle. The text, executed in the angular Kufic script characteristic of late 11th-century Islamic gold coinage, contains Quranic invocations and the shahada. A circular marginal legend in Arabic script runs along the inner border, separated from the central field by a beaded or dotted inner ring. The flan is irregular and slightly ragged at the edges, as typical of hammered Seljuq dinars of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له |
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Tutush I seized Damascus in 1079 and spent the following decades fighting to consolidate Syrian territory against rival Seljuq claimants, Byzantine pressure, and the emerging Crusader threat that would arrive just four years after this coin was struck. His death at the Battle of Rayy in 1095 — the same year as this issue — ended his bid to claim the entire Seljuq sultanate from his nephew Berkyaruq. Zanjan, a mint city in northwestern Iran, appearing on a Syrian ruler's coinage reflects the fractured, overlapping nature of late Seljuq authority.