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1 Pūl - Galdan Tseren Yarkand
| Issuer | Dzungar Khanate |
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| Year | 1727-1745 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Crude hammered flan of irregular oval form bearing a two-line Arabic-script legend in the field. The inscription reads 'Galdan Tseren' (سهو كالدان), referencing the Dzungar ruler Galdan Tseren, rendered in a rough calligraphic hand characteristic of provincial Yarkand coinage of the period. The script is arranged centrally within a plain, unbordered field. Surface shows natural bronze patina with areas of green encrustation consistent with age. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Galdan Tseren ruled the Dzungar Khanate at its territorial peak, controlling much of Central Asia including the Tarim Basin cities — Yarkand among them. This bronze pūl was struck for local circulation in Yarkand, a city with its own deep minting tradition long predating Dzungar occupation. The Dzungars rarely issued coinage; this series is among the very few physical monetary artifacts of their administration, minted to serve a sedentary Turkic Muslim population whose economy ran on copper, not the livestock and barter that dominated the steppe interior.