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4 Dirhams - temp. Amir Wali Bazar
| Issuer | Astarabad, Emirate of |
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| Year | 1356-1357 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing the first Kalima (Shahada) in multiple horizontal registers of Arabic naskh script, arranged in the characteristic square or cartouche format typical of Jochid and contemporary Mongol successor coinage. The field is enclosed within a linear inner border and an outer beaded border that follows the irregular periphery of the hammered flan. The bold raised lettering displays the characteristic style of mid-14th century eastern Islamic silver coinage. |
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Astarabad — modern Gorgan in northeastern Iran — functioned as a semi-autonomous emirate during the fractured decades following the collapse of Ilkhanid authority. The 1350s placed it squarely within the political vacuum that the Black Death and Ilkhanid dissolution had opened across the eastern Islamic world, with local strongmen striking coin to assert legitimacy as much as to facilitate trade. Wali Bazar's name appearing on this issue is itself the primary historical record of his tenure; the numismatic evidence often outlasts the chronicles for rulers of this tier.