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2 Shahi `Muhammadi` - Muhammad Khudabanda Safavi Type B, Rasht
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1582 |
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| Weight | 4.44 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a multi-line royal inscription in Nasta'liq script arranged in horizontal registers across the field, proclaiming the ruler's titles and devotional formula. The legend identifies the shah as servant of the Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi, giving his full titulature as Sultan Abu al-Muzaffar Muhammad Padshah ibn Tahmasp al-Husayni, followed by the pious phrase 'may God perpetuate his reign.' The mint name Rasht and the AH date 990 appear in the lower portion of the inscription. The script is boldly engraved in high relief on the irregularly shaped hammered planchet, with some peripheral text partially off-flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Muhammad Khudabanda was nearly blind — contemporaries described him as unable to distinguish faces at close range — and his decade-long reign from 1578 was dominated by his wife Mahd-i Ulya until her murder in 1579, after which factional Qizilbash commanders effectively ran the empire. The Rasht mint, operating in Gilan on the Caspian littoral, was one of several provincial operations that continued striking through this internal chaos.
Album 2620 encompasses considerable die variety across provincial mints, and Rasht attributions within the type rely heavily on mint name orthography specific to this locality.