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1 Fals - Bektuzun Khujanda

Issuer United Qarakhanid Khaganate
Year 1024
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Currency Dinar (840-1212)
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Obverse script Arabic
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Bektuzun's tenure as a Qarakhanid governor at Khujanda (modern Khujand, Tajikistan) falls within the period when the Qarakhanid realm was fragmenting between eastern and western branches following the death of Nasr ibn Ali around 1012–1013. Local governors increasingly issued their own copper fulus as the central authority's grip loosened, making Khujanda-struck pieces attributable to named officials genuinely useful for tracing the political geography of the khanate's dissolution. The A#3442 reference places this among a thinly documented series.

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