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Ashrafi - Ya'qub
| Issuer | Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep Turkmen Confederation) |
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| Year | 1479-1491 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ya'qub ibn Uzun Hasan ruled the Aq Qoyunlu confederation at its territorial peak, controlling a swathe of territory from Anatolia through Persia to the Persian Gulf. His gold ashrafi coinage follows the Venetian ducat weight standard — a deliberate alignment with Mediterranean trade networks that reflected just how deeply the confederation was embedded in east-west commerce. Venetian ambassadors were a fixture at his court in Tabriz, and the monetary interoperability was no accident.
Ya'qub died in 1490, after which the dynasty fractured rapidly into civil war among competing sons.