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Dinar - Hasan Bozorg Aydhaj mint
| Issuer | Jalayirid Sultanate |
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| Year | 1335-1356 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features the Kalima arranged in angular Kufic-style calligraphy within a square cartouche, a design characteristic of Jalayirid dinars issued under Hasan Buzurg and Uways I during the 750s AH. The names of the four Rashidun caliphs — Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali — are disposed in the marginal field surrounding the central square. At the centre of the square, the mint name 'Aydhaj' (دُرِبَ بِإيذَج) is clearly cited, an unusually explicit attribution for a gold issue from this mint, which is otherwise primarily known as a silver-striking centre in this period. The anonymous die and its close stylistic affinity with mainstream Jalayirid gold coinage, combined with the Aydhaj mint citation, have led scholars to propose that this piece represents an emergency coinage struck circa 756 AH during Hasan Buzurg's brief control of the town. The overall composition and execution are consistent with the refined geometric aesthetic of mid-14th century Jalayirid gold coinage. |
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Hasan Bozorg — "Hasan the Great" — founded the Jalayirid Sultanate after the disintegration of the Mongol Il-Khanate, ruling first as a nominal regent before consolidating real power following the death of the last Il-Khan claimants. The Aydhaj mint, located in the central Zagros region along a major pilgrimage and caravan route, operated intermittently under successive Mongol successor states. Its appearance on Jalayirid gold signals Hasan Bozorg's effort to project authority into territories still contested by the Chobanid rival dynasty throughout the 1340s.