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Dirham 'Dang' - Tochtamysh 'name in Uyghur' Saray al-Jadida mint
| Issuer | Golden Horde |
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| Year | 1381-1387 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing a multi-line Arabic legend in Naskh script denoting the mint name and, in the lower portion of the field, the AH date of issue. The inscription, translating as 'Minted in Saray al-Jadida,' is arranged in two to three horizontal lines, with the regnal or hijri year placed beneath. The strike is typical of Golden Horde hammered silver production, showing moderate die wear and an irregular flan outline. The flat, unadorned field surrounds the legends without border or decorative elements. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Toqtamish seized the Golden Horde throne in 1380 with the backing of Timur, then spent the better part of the decade consolidating fractured western steppe territories while simultaneously preparing the campaigns that would ultimately pit him against his former patron. His name rendered in Uyghur script on this issue is a deliberate political signal — Chinggisid legitimacy performed through the older administrative language of the Mongol chancellery rather than the Arabic script used on most contemporary Islamic coinage from the same mint.
Saray al-Jadida, the "New Saray," had been the Horde's primary mint through the succession crises of the 1360s–70s. Toqtamish's reuse of it after reunification marked a conscious claim of continuity with the pre-crisis khanate.