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1 Tumân - Fatḥ Alī Qājār Type W, Yerevan mint
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1818-1820 |
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| Value | 1 Toman (8) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears a multi-line Persian legend in Nasta'liq script, recording the mint name Yerevan (Erivan), described as 'the happiness home' (dar al-sa'd), the mint authority formula 'zarb' (struck), and the AH date 1235 (1819/1820 CE). The numeral '3' appears prominently at the top of the legend, functioning as a denomination or series indicator. Small decorative rosette ornaments are scattered in the field, consistent with the obverse treatment. The entire reverse composition is typologically standard for Qajar gold tumans struck at provincial mints during the reign of Fath Ali Shah. |
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Yerevan — modern Yerevan, Armenia — was under Persian control at the time of this striking, administered as the Erivan Khanate and contested bitterly with Russia along the Caucasian frontier. The First Russo-Persian War had concluded in 1813 with the Treaty of Gulistan, which stripped Qajar Iran of much of the South Caucasus, but Erivan itself remained Persian until 1828. Coins from this mint in this window are consequently rare; the city fell to Russian forces during the Second Russo-Persian War, ending Qajar minting there permanently.