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6 Dirhams - 'Ilkhan' Taghay Timur Amul mint
| Issuer | Ilkhanate of Persia |
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| Year | 1338-1346 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a prominent multi-line Arabic religious and royal legend arranged within an elaborate interlaced geometric cartouche surmounted by an arched mihrab-like frame, a hallmark of Ilkhanid die design. The uppermost register of the central panel contains a pious invocation in smaller script, while the main field bears bold Naskh-style Arabic inscriptions proclaiming the Shahada and the ruler's titles. The entire design is enclosed within a wide outer border of continuous Arabic marginal legend, separated from the central cartouche by a beaded inner circle. The flan edges are irregular, consistent with hand-struck hammered coinage of the period. |
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Taghay Timur ruled as a regional Ilkhanid successor in Khorasan and Tabaristan after the main Ilkhanate had effectively dissolved — the central authority in Persia had collapsed entirely by 1335 with the death of Abu Sa'id, leaving a scramble of short-lived pretenders. The Amul mint, situated near the Caspian coast in Tabaristan, remained intermittently active through these fractious years precisely because local governors needed coin to pay troops and maintain a semblance of legitimacy.
Taghay Timur was eventually killed in 1353, his hold on the region never fully secure after the rise of the Sarbadars.