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| Emittent | Safavid Empire |
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| Prägetechnik | Hammered |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Central field bears the Shi'a profession of faith in angular, square Kufic script arranged in a bold geometric grid pattern: 'There is no god but God, Muhammad is the Messenger of God, Ali is the Friend of God.' The inscription is organized in a rectilinear interlocking composition characteristic of early Safavid hammered coinage. A marginal legend encircling the central square panel contains the names of the Twelve Imams in cursive Arabic script. The flan is irregular and shows typical die-struck relief of the period. |
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| Averslegende | لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله علي ولي الله [Marginal legend: Names of the Twelve Imams] |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Isma'il I founded the Safavid dynasty in 1501 and immediately imposed Twelver Shi'a Islam as the state religion — a politically violent rupture with the Sunni Ottoman and Uzbek neighbors who would spend the next century trying to roll it back. The coinage was a direct instrument of that declaration. The shahi denomination itself was named after Shah Isma'il, a deliberate break from earlier Timurid and Aq Qoyunlu monetary traditions he was displacing.
Saveh, in the central Iranian plateau, was among the earlier mints active under his first coinage standard. Album 2576 distinguishes this first standard from later Isma'ili issues by its weight and formula — the type was reformed as the dynasty consolidated.