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Dinar - Tughril Beg
| Issuer | Great Seljuq |
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| Year | 1049 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Tughril Beg entered Baghdad in 1055, effectively ending Buyid control and forcing the Abbasid caliph Al-Qa'im to legitimize Seljuq authority — but this dinar predates that moment by six years, struck while Tughril was still consolidating power across Khurasan and western Iran. The caliph's name appearing on Seljuq gold coinage was not ceremonial courtesy; it was a carefully negotiated political arrangement that gave Tughril religious cover and gave the Abbasids a powerful military protector against the Buyids.
A#1665 dinars from this transitional period vary noticeably in calligraphic execution between mints, reflecting decentralized production under a ruler whose administrative apparatus was still maturing.