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Ashrafi - Fakhr al-Din 'Uthman al-Qahira
| Issuer | Mamluk Sultanate |
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| Year | 1453 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | عز نصره الامام المستنصر بالله امير المؤمنين ٨٥٧ |
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Fakhr al-Din 'Uthman served as Atābak al-'Asākir — commander of the armies — under the late Burji Mamluk sultans, and coins struck in his name reflect the persistent Mamluk practice of issuing gold ashrafis bearing the names of powerful amirs alongside, or in place of, the reigning sultan. The year 1453 places this piece in an extraordinary moment: while Constantinople fell to Mehmed II in May of that year, the Mamluk court in Cairo was navigating its own succession crises and factional violence among competing military households.
Cairo mint production of ashrafis in this period is documented as erratic, with output tied directly to the political fortunes of whichever amir controlled the treasury.