1 Shahi - Tahmasp I Safavi Tabriz; Third Western Silver Standard (948-953 AH)

Tahmasp I spent much of his reign absorbing Ottoman pressure on his western frontier — Suleiman the Magnificent launched three major campaigns into Safavid territory between 1533 and 1554, including the occupation of Tabriz itself in 1534. The Third Western Silver Standard, introduced around 948 AH, reflects a deliberate monetary reorganization during this period of sustained military strain, likely connected to the fiscal demands of maintaining a mobile court and army capable of the scorched-earth withdrawals Tahmasp used to exhaust Ottoman supply lines.

Tabriz, as the Safavid capital until its vulnerability forced the court eastward to Qazvin in 1555, was the prestige mint of the realm during this window.