Ashrafi - Tahmasp II Qazvin mint

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.