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1 Qiran - Fat'h Ali Qajar Type E, Kerman mint
| Issuer | Qajar Dynasty |
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| Year | 1241 AH (1825/1826 AD) |
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| Value | 1 Qiran (قران) |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears a bold Nasta'liq calligraphic inscription identifying the mint and date, enclosed within a circular dotted border. The legend reads 'Zarb Dar al-Aman Kerman 1241' (Struck at the Abode of Security, Kerman, year 1241 AH), with the regnal year rendered in Eastern Arabic numerals along the lower margin. The surrounding border is composed of a continuous ring of pellets, a hallmark of Qajar provincial hammered issues. Floral ornaments punctuate the field between the calligraphic elements, consistent with the decorative vocabulary of the Kerman mint during the reign of Fath Ali Shah. |
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| Mint | Dar al-Aman Kerman |
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Fat'h Ali Shah's reign produced an exceptional volume of silver coinage across dozens of active provincial mints, with each mint authorized to strike its own dies — meaning no two mint's output is quite identical in execution. Kerman, operating in the southeastern reaches of the empire near the Afghan frontier, was a commercially active mint whose output served trade routes connecting the Persian interior to Baluchistan and Sindh. The 1241 AH date places this piece in the middle decades of his reign, well before the dynastic instability that would follow his death in 1834.