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1 Dirham - Orus & Qaidu Bazar Urdu
| Issuer | Chagatai Khanate |
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| Year | 1292 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field bearing multiple lines of Arabic script in bold, angular Naskh characters, referencing the ruler's name and titles. The legend is distributed across the flan without a formal cartouche, typical of Mongol-era hammered dirhams. A dotted border runs along the inner periphery of the irregular round flan. Small star-shaped ornaments serve as decorative separators between inscription lines. The strike is off-center in places, consistent with hand-hammered production of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain. |
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Qaidu — the de facto ruler of the Chagatai Khanate through much of the late 13th century — never held the title of Khan himself, yet controlled monetary policy across a vast stretch of Central Asia. This dirham was struck during his conflict with Kublai Khan, a civil war within the fractured Mongol world that had been grinding since the 1260s. The mint name "Bazar Urdu" translates roughly as the camp market, reflecting a mobile military economy rather than any fixed urban center.