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Abbasi - Karim Khan Zand Type C, Širâz mint
| Issuer | Zand Dynasty |
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| Year | 1760-1765 |
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| Currency | Shahi (1501-1798) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | شد آفتاب و ماه زر و سیم در جهان از سکه امام بحق صاحب الزمان |
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Karim Khan Zand never took the title of Shah, ruling instead as Vakil al-Ra'ya — regent of the subjects — a deliberate political posture meant to legitimate his rule without the dynastic bloodline the Safavids had made obligatory. The Širâz mint was central to this project: by striking coin in his own name from a city he rebuilt into a functioning capital, he was asserting administrative sovereignty through the monetary system rather than through royal titulature.
Type C of this abbasi series reflects mid-reign die revisions made as his government stabilized, distinguishable from earlier types by calligraphic layout adjustments that remain a minor classification headache for collectors working from worn examples.