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1 Shahi - Husayn Safavi Type A, Qazvīn mint
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1719 |
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| Weight | 1.34 g |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله علی ولی الله |
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Shah Husayn's reign ended in 1722 when Afghan forces under Mahmud Hotaki besieged Isfahan for six months, starving the city into submission — one of the more catastrophic collapses of a major Islamic dynasty. By 1719, that catastrophe was three years away, but the Safavid fiscal system was already deteriorating badly. The shahi denomination had seen repeated debasements across the seventeenth century as the dynasty struggled to fund military commitments without the cavalry revenues of earlier reigns.
Qazvin had served as the Safavid capital before Abbas I moved the court to Isfahan in 1598, and it retained mint activity well into the dynasty's decline.