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1 Fals - Chaghri Subashi Uka Citing Ali b. al-Hasan
| Issuer | Qarakhanid Dynasty, Ishtikhan Mint |
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| Year | 1033 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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The Qarakhanids were the first Turkic dynasty to convert to Islam, and their copper fals issues reflect the administrative complexity of a confederation where local governors — subashis — held genuine minting authority. The citation of both Chaghri Subashi and Uka alongside Ali b. al-Hasan on a single fals is not redundancy; it maps a precise moment in the Qarakhanid hierarchy, with the subashi's name serving as a localized political claim rather than mere protocol.
Ishtikhan, in the Sogdian heartland of Transoxiana, had been a minting center long before the Qarakhanids arrived.