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Dirham 'Dang' - Ghiyas al-Din Muhammad Ordu mint
| Issuer | Golden Horde |
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| Year | 1376-1380 |
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| Value | 1 Dirham / Dang / Yarmag (0.7) |
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| Obverse description | Hammered silver dirham with multi-line Arabic legend filling the field, executed in a bold Naskh script characteristic of late Golden Horde coinage. The inscription proclaims the royal and religious titles of the ruler Ghiyas al-Din Muhammad Khan, reading across several horizontal registers. The flan is irregular and slightly uneven, typical of hand-struck Jochid issues of this period. No figural imagery is present; the entire obverse is devoted to the honorific titulature of the sultan. The legend is partially weakly struck at the periphery due to the irregular flan shape. |
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| Obverse lettering | (Translation: Sultan the Just Ghiyas al-Dunia ad-Din Muhammad khan May his rule to be long) |
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These dirhams were struck at Ordu — the mint of the Golden Horde's mobile royal camp itself, not a fixed city — during the fractious interregnum period following the death of Aziz Sheikh. Ghiyas al-Din Muhammad held nominal authority across a khanate that was, by the late 1370s, fragmenting under the pressure of competing claimants and the rising influence of the warlord Mamai. Multiple Sagdeeva references for what appears a single reign reflect genuine die and type variations produced under chaotic mint conditions rather than deliberate series planning.