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1 Qiran - Fat'h Ali Qajar Type E, Yazd mint
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1833 |
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| Value | 1 Qiran (قران) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a four-quadrant (chahar bagh) design created by two intersecting broad strokes of Nastaliq calligraphy, dividing the field into four sections each containing elements of the mint and date inscription. The legend records the mint city of Yazd (Dar al-Ibada, 'Abode of Worship') and the AH regnal year 1246. Decorative floral rosettes punctuate the spaces between the calligraphic strokes, consistent with Qajar decorative conventions. A beaded border frames the entire reverse design. The arrangement and style are characteristic of the Type E classification of Fath Ali Shah's Qiran coinage as struck at the Yazd mint. |
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| Reverse lettering | ضرب دارالعبـاده یزد ۱۲۴۶ |
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Fat'h Ali Shah's later coinage is notoriously inconsistent across provincial mints, and Yazd — a city whose economy ran heavily on the textile trade and Zoroastrian merchant networks — operated with considerable autonomy from Tehran's monetary oversight. KM#710 represents one of several regional type variants issued in the final years of Fat'h Ali's reign, which ended with his death in 1834 after over three decades on the Qajar throne. The succession crisis that followed, resolved in favor of his grandson Mohammad Shah, briefly disrupted mint operations across the provinces.