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Dirham 'Dang' - Muhammad Uzbeg Saray al-Mahrusa mint - Type 2
| Issuer | Golden Horde |
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| Year | 1320-1323 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse lettering | ضرب سراي المحروسة سنة ٧٢٢ (Translation: Struck at Saray al-Mahrusa, year 722) |
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| Mint | Saray al-Mahrusa (New Saray) |
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Muhammad Uzbeg Khan's reign over the Golden Horde (1313–1341) marked the definitive Islamicization of the khanate, and the coinage program reflects that political transformation in real time. The Saray al-Mahrusa — "the protected city" — mint designation was itself a deliberate act of legitimization, borrowing Abbasid chancellery language to frame a Mongol successor state as a proper Muslim polity. The Type 2 classification within Sagdeeva's sequence distinguishes die phases that collectors and specialists use to track production shifts across the early Uzbeg years.
The 1320–1323 window falls squarely within Uzbeg's consolidation period, before his diplomatic overtures to the Mamluk Sultanate fully matured.