1 Toman - Fat'h Ali Qajar Type U, Tabriz mint

Fat'h Ali Shah's gold tomans were the prestige coinage of the Qajar court, struck at a moment when the dynasty was simultaneously fighting two losing wars against Russia — the First Russo-Persian War would end in 1813 with the Treaty of Gulistan, stripping Iran of Georgia and much of the Caucasus. Tabriz, as the seat of Crown Prince Abbas Mirza and the administrative capital of Azerbaijan province, was the mint closest to that front.

The "Type U" designation within KM#745 reflects one of several die configurations used across Qajar mints, distinguished primarily by calligraphic arrangement rather than any change in monetary policy or metal standard.