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1 Rial - Fateh Ali Shah Type B, Tabriz mint
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1840-1843 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a multi-line Persian mint and date legend in Nasta'liq script, enclosed within a border of consecutive scalloped arcs or cusped lobes that frame the central field. The inscription records the place and year of striking. Pellet ornaments are visible between the arc segments, a characteristic decorative element of Qajar hammered silver coinage from the Tabriz mint. The flan is irregular in outline, typical of hand-struck production, with the legend reading: 'Struck in the Dar al-Saltanah Tabriz, year 1222.' |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Fateh Ali Shah's long reign (1797–1834) saw Iran squeezed between Russian and British imperial pressure, with the humiliating Treaty of Turkmenchay in 1828 ceding the last Caucasian territories to St. Petersburg and forcing a crippling indemnity. The coins struck at Tabriz in the years immediately following his death reflect a mint still functioning under that financial strain — Tabriz, as the seat of the crown prince and Iran's commercial gateway to Ottoman territory, was among the more active provincial mints of the Qajar period.
The Type B designation marks a revision to the kalam arrangement, distinguishing it from earlier Tabriz issues of the same nominal.