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1 Tilla In the name of Abdulaziz, Kashgar, type 2, circle border
| Issuer | Kashgar Khanate (Yakub Beg) |
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| Year | 1874 |
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| Value | 1 Tilla (10) |
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| Reverse description | Central field displaying a multi-line Arabic legend in bold naskh script, reading the mint formula 'zarb dar us-sultanat Kashgar' (struck at the seat of the sultanate, Kashgar), interspersed with decorative foliate and floral motifs. The inscription is enclosed within an inner circle, beyond which the field is plain. The coin is bordered by a mixed inner serrated or denticulated inner ring and an outer beaded periphery, consistent with the Type 2 circle-border classification of this Kashgar tilla series. The overall style reflects the Central Asian Islamic hammered gold coinage tradition of the mid-19th century. |
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| Reverse lettering | كاشنو سلطان ضو ب دار (Translation: zarb dar us-sultanat kashgar Kashgar Mint / Sultan`s house) |
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Yakub Beg seized Kashgar in 1865 and built an independent Central Asian state — the Yettishar — that lasted just over a decade before Qing reconquest in 1877. These gold tillas were struck in the name of the Ottoman sultan Abdulaziz, a deliberate diplomatic gesture: Yakub Beg was courting Ottoman recognition and military support, and the coinage made that allegiance visible in every transaction. The Ottomans sent officers and artillery in return.
Abdulaziz was deposed and killed in 1876, a year before Yettishar itself collapsed — making the chronological window for this type extremely narrow.