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1 Qiran - Fat'h Ali Qajar Type E, Shushtar mint
| Issuer | Qajar Dynasty |
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| Year | 1827 |
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| Weight | 6.95 g |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing the mint and issue legend in bold Nasta'liq script, reading 'Zarb Dar al-Mu'minin Shushtar', identifying the city of Shushtar as the place of minting with its honorific title 'Abode of the Faithful'. The inscription is arranged in sweeping diagonal bands across the flan in a style consistent with Qajar provincial coinage of the period. A border of raised pellets runs along the coin's periphery, enclosing the design. Delicate floral sprays and foliate ornaments fill the remaining field, typical of the decorative vocabulary employed at Qajar provincial mints. |
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Fat'h Ali Shah's reign produced a notoriously inconsistent provincial coinage, with outlying mints like Shushtar operating under local supervision that rarely matched the standards of Tehran or Tabriz. Shushtar, situated in Khuzestan, was a commercially significant city on the Karun River but a minor mint by any measure — its output was small, its dies often crude, and surviving attributable pieces are genuinely scarce.
The "Type E" classification reflects one of several sequential design iterations scholars have used to organize Fat'h Ali's sprawling and frequently undated or mis-dated silver issues. KM#710 specifically is among the less-documented entries in the series.