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Dirham - Dawlatshah ibn 'Alishah
| Issuer | Shahs of Badakhshan |
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| Year | 1292 |
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| Value | 1 Dirham (0.01) |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a bold Arabic inscription arranged in multiple horizontal lines within a plain rectangular frame, containing the Shahada and Quranic text. The legends are struck in high relief in a characteristic medieval Islamic epigraphic style, with the characters showing the angular, compressed Kufic-influenced script typical of eastern Islamic hammered dirhams of the late 13th century. The coin's irregular flan is characteristic of hand-struck silver coinage of the period. The field surrounding the central panel bears additional marginal inscriptions denoting the mint and date of issue. The overall strike is well-centered with moderate die wear. |
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| Obverse lettering | لا إله إلا الله / محمد رسول الله / أرسله بالهدى ودين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون / بسم الله ضرب هذا الدرهم بـ بدخشان سنة إحدى وتسعين وستمائة |
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Badakhshan, the mountainous region straddling modern Afghanistan and Tajikistan, maintained a semi-autonomous dynastic presence well into the Mongol period, with local rulers operating under Ilkhanid suzerainty while retaining the right to strike their own silver. Dawlatshah ibn 'Alishah belongs to a line so poorly documented in the written sources that the coinage itself constitutes the primary evidence for the dynasty's chronology.
A#2013 is among the rarer attributions in this series — surviving specimens are thin on the ground, and die linkage studies remain incomplete.