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Akce - Khalil Allah II Shemakhi mint
| Issuer | Shirvanshah dynasty |
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| Year | 1524-1536 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Khalil Allah II ruled Shirvan under acute pressure from the expanding Safavid state — a pressure that ended definitively in 1538 when Shah Tahmasp I annexed the khanate outright and eliminated the dynasty. These akces fall within the final decade of Shirvanid independence, struck at Shemakhi, the dynasty's principal city and a significant node on the overland Silk Road routes connecting the Caucasus to Tabriz and beyond. The Shirvanshah had navigated Safavid suzerainty since the 1510s while nominally retaining autonomy.
Shemakhi mint output from this period is irregular, reflecting political instability rather than economic disruption — the city itself remained commercially active.