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1 Shahi - Isma`il I Safavi - First Standard Daylaman/Deylaman
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1504 |
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| Reference(s) | Album Islamic#2576, Zeno cat#3023 |
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| Reverse description | Royal titulature and mint-date formula in flowing Arabic Naskh script arranged in concentric circular and central register compositions, without a cartouche frame. The central field bears the name and titles of Shah Ismail I, with the mint name Daylaman (ديلمان) and the regnal/AH year 910 inscribed in the lower register. A continuous marginal legend of additional royal epithets and Shi'ite formulae encircles the field along the coin's periphery. The strike is characteristically uneven, consistent with early Safavid hand-hammered production at a provincial mint. |
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| Mintage | ND - - 910 (1504) - - |
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Ismail I founded the Safavid dynasty in 1501 and within three years had imposed Twelver Shia Islam as the state religion across Iran — a decision with consequences that reverberate through the region to this day. The Daylaman mint, situated in the heavily forested Gilan highlands south of the Caspian, was among the earliest facilities pressed into service for his new coinage standard. This first standard coinage established the religious and dynastic formulae that would define Safavid silver for decades.
Album 2576 covers a broad range of early Ismail issues, and Daylaman-mint specimens are considerably scarcer than those from Tabriz or Kashan.