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Dirham 'Dang' - Qulpa Azaq mint
| Issuer | Golden Horde |
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| Year | 1358-1359 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1227-1502) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing a multi-line Arabic legend arranged in horizontal registers, recording the mint name Azaq and the AH date 760, executed in a bold Naskh-influenced script. The inscription is framed by a circular inner border composed of raised pellets, with a further outer pellet border following the contour of the irregular flan. The lettering is boldly impressed and fills the field, consistent in style with other Golden Horde dirhams struck at the Azaq mint during the reign of Qulpa. |
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Qulpa seized the Golden Horde throne in 1358 after murdering his brother Berdi Beg, then held it for less than a year before being killed in turn — one of several rapid successions that mark the beginning of the Horde's "Great Troubles," a two-decade dynastic collapse during which the khanate cycled through more than twenty rulers. Azaq (modern Azov) was among the Horde's most active commercial mints, positioned at the mouth of the Don where Italian merchant traffic kept silver flowing.
The brevity of Qulpa's reign makes attributable issues from any of his mints scarce in absolute terms.