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1 Fals - Ahmad b. al-Hasan al-Kushani
| Issuer | United Qarakhanid Khaganate |
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| Year | 1022 |
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| Weight | 2.22 g |
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| Reverse description | Central field contains a multi-line Arabic religious or administrative inscription arranged in horizontal lines within a circular border. Above the central text, a small decorative device or symbol is visible at the top of the inner circle. The outer marginal zone carries a continuous Arabic legend encircling the coin, partially worn but largely legible. The flan is irregular and slightly uneven, consistent with hand-hammered manufacture standard for Qarakhanid fulus of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain. |
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Ahmad b. al-Hasan al-Kushani governed as a subordinate ruler within the Qarakhanid hierarchy during a period of active internal fragmentation — the khaganate was perpetually dividing authority between eastern and western branches, with vassal governors issuing their own copper in their own names. This fals is one such local emission, its attribution resting primarily on the A-3351 type classification in Album's corpus of Islamic coinage.
Copper fulus of this period are chronically underdocumented. Survival is poor, and many examples lack clear mint attributions entirely.