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1 Jital - 'Adud al-Dawla Abu'l-Muzaffar
| Issuer | Later Saffarids of Sijistan |
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| Year | 1222-1225 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a bold multi-line Arabic inscription in kufic-influenced script, naming the ruler 'Adud al-Dawla Abu'l-Muzaffar, arranged across the flan in several registers. The lettering is raised in high relief against a flat, granular field, characteristic of the hammered coinage of the Later Saffarid dynasty. The irregular flan edge is typical of provincial copper jitals of this period, with traces of a marginal legend partially visible around the periphery. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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The Later Saffarids were a vestigial dynasty clinging to power in Sijistan — modern-day Sistan, straddling eastern Iran and southwestern Afghanistan — long after the Saffarid name had lost most of its political relevance. By the early 13th century they survived largely as vassals, issuing copper jitals that circulated in a region already saturated with competing coinage from Ghurids and their successor powers. The jital itself was the workhorse denomination of the eastern Islamic world, struck in copper across dozens of mints from the subcontinent to Central Asia.
'Adud al-Dawla's reign falls squarely within the period of Mongol advance westward, and Sijistan would eventually fall under Ilkhanid authority.