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12 Shahi - Ibrahim Afshar Type A, Mazandaran
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1748-1749 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | سکه صاحبقرانی زد بتوفیق اله همچو خورشید جهان افروز ابراهیم شاه (Translation: The sovereign coin was minted with the grace of God Like the world-illuminating sun, Ebrahim Shah) |
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| Mint | مازندران Mazandaran Province, Tabaristan,Iran |
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Ibrahim Khan Afshar governed Mazandaran as a regional strongman during the chaotic interregnum following Nader Shah's assassination in 1747, issuing coins in his own name as central Afsharid authority collapsed entirely. The 12 shahi denomination — equivalent to a musayyabi or half-rupee weight class — was a practical workaround for a province cut off from any functioning imperial mint infrastructure. Mazandaran's Caspian coastal geography kept it semi-isolated from the succession wars tearing apart the Iranian plateau, which may explain why Ibrahim's coinage survived long enough to constitute a recognizable type series at all.