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Ashrafi - Tahmasp II Qazvin mint
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1723-1731 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Mintage | 1135 (1723) - - 1142 (1729) - - 1144 (1731) - - |
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Tahmasp II's claim to the Safavid throne was precarious from the start. After the Afghan Ghilzai invasion forced the fall of Isfahan in 1722, he ruled from Qazvin as a king without a capital, dependent first on tribal support and then on the military ambitions of Nader Qoli — the commander who would eventually depose him in 1732. Gold struck at Qazvin during this period carries the weight of a dynasty negotiating its own survival, with real authority over the mint apparatus fluctuating as Nader's grip tightened through the late 1720s.