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Dinar - Sanjar Balkh
| Issuer | Great Seljuq |
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| Year | 1118-1153 |
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| Reference(s) | Album Islamic#1687 |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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| Mint | Balkh |
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Sanjar's Balkh mint output spans the longest sole-reign in Seljuq history — over three decades after his brothers' lines collapsed around him. By the time he consolidated authority following the Battle of Saveh in 1118, Balkh had become one of the principal eastern mints of the sultanate, positioned to serve Khurasan's administrative and commercial networks. His reign ended not in dynastic succession but catastrophe: the Oghuz tribal revolt of 1153 left Sanjar a prisoner for three years, and Balkh itself was sacked.