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1 Drachm - Abdallah ibn Tahir and Muhammad ibn Yahya Syr Darya Oghuz
| Issuer | Syr Darya Oghuz state |
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| Year | 828-845 |
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| Value | 1 Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Stylized bust of a ruler facing right, depicted in the local Central Asian artistic tradition with pronounced facial features including a large eye and dotted headgear or crown. The portrait is rendered in a debased Sasanian style, with additional decorative elements surrounding the head in the field. Arabic inscription naming Abdallah ibn Tahir appears in the right field alongside the portrait. The design reflects the syncretic coinage tradition of the Syr Darya Oghuz, blending Sasanian iconographic conventions with Abbasid-era epigraphy. |
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| Obverse lettering | عبد الله بن طاهر (Translation: eabd allah bin tahir Abdallah ibn Tahir) |
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The Syr Darya Oghuz occupied a peculiar political position in the early ninth century — nominally acknowledging Abbasid authority while operating as a functionally autonomous Turkic confederation along the lower reaches of the Jaxartes. This coin pairs the name of Abdallah ibn Tahir, the Tahirid governor of Khorasan who exercised real administrative power across the eastern caliphate from 828, with a local Oghuz figure, reflecting the layered tribute relationships that defined frontier monetary practice in this region. The Tahirids themselves were never caliphs — they were delegates — yet their names appeared on coinage across an enormous geographic range.