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Ashrafi - Ismail I Safavi Urdu
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1502-1525 |
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| Weight | 3.34 g |
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| Obverse script | Arabic (thuluth) |
| Obverse lettering | السلطان العادل ... ابوالمظفر شاه اسمعیل بهادرخان الصفوی ضرب اردو |
| Reverse description | The reverse field is entirely covered by the Shi'a Kalimah in three lines of bold thuluth script, affirming the foundational tenets of Twelver Shi'a Islam. The legend reads: 'La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammad rasul Allah, Ali wali Allah' — there is no god but God, Muhammad is the Messenger of God, Ali is the Friend of God — the last phrase being the distinctive Shi'a addition that Shah Ismail I formally introduced onto Safavid coinage. The inscription is deeply struck and densely arranged, filling the irregular flan without a border, in keeping with the hammered technique of the early Safavid monetary tradition. |
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