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Dinar - Shams al-Ma'ali Chaghri Takin
| Issuer | Seljuq Dynasty, Hamadan Mint |
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| Year | 1084 |
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| Value | 1 Dinar |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a multi-line Arabic religious inscription arranged in stacked horizontal lines within a double linear border, surrounded by a circular marginal legend in Arabic script. The inscription follows the traditional Islamic dinar format, with Quranic text and the profession of faith (shahada) rendered in angular early Kufic-influenced calligraphy. The field is slightly irregular in outline, characteristic of hammered medieval Islamic coinage. Marginal legend contains additional formulaic religious and mint-related text encircling the central inscription. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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Shams al-Ma'ali Chaghri Takin governed as a Seljuq provincial administrator during the consolidation period following Alp Arslan's decisive victory at Manzikert in 1071, when the dynasty was rapidly absorbing former Buyid and Byzantine territories across western Iran and the Jazira. Hamadan — ancient Ecbatana — functioned as one of the key administrative nodes in this expansion, and coin production there reflected the dynasty's need to assert legitimacy through Islamic coinage in freshly controlled cities.
The relatively low weight against the Abbasid dinar standard is worth noting against known die stock from this mint and period.