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1 Mithqal - 'Abd Allah II Mashhad and Herat
| Issuer | Shaybanid dynasty |
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| Year | 1583-1598 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Abd Allah II ibn Iskandar was the most powerful of the Shaybanid rulers, spending much of his reign methodically consolidating control over Transoxiana and Khorasan. Mashhad and Herat — both struck on this type — were taken from the Safavids during his aggressive eastern campaigns of the 1580s, and their mints reopened under Shaybanid authority almost immediately after conquest. The dual-mint attribution on a single type reflects how quickly Abd Allah moved to assert fiscal control over captured cities.
He died in 1598 without a viable successor, and the dynasty effectively collapsed within a year of his death.