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Dirham - al-Manṣūr Qala'un Hamah Mint
| Issuer | Mamluk Sultanate |
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| Year | 1279-1290 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Qalawun's reign saw the Mamluk sultanate consolidate control over Syrian mints that had operated under Ayyubid and then fractured successor authority for decades. The Hamah mint specifically had functioned under the local Ayyubid branch there until Qalawun absorbed it into the centralized Mamluk monetary system — one of several provincial mints brought to heel during his consolidation of Syria in the early 1280s.
Provincial Syrian dirhams from this period frequently show fabric inconsistencies tied to local silver supply rather than metropolitan Cairo standards.