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Dirham - 'Ilkhan' Arghun Khan
| Issuer | Ilkhanate |
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| Year | 1286 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1256-1388) |
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| Obverse lettering | Khagan nreber Arghunun deledkedgülüg ارغون (Translation: Struck by Arghun in the name of the Great Khan Arghun) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Arghun Khan ruled the Ilkhanate from 1284 until his death in 1291, and his reign was defined in large part by an aggressive diplomatic campaign to forge a Franco-Mongol alliance against the Mamluk Sultanate. He dispatched multiple embassies to European courts — including the famous mission of Rabban Sauma to Rome and Paris in 1287-88 — seeking a coordinated crusade that never materialized. The silver coinage of his reign reflects a transitional authority: the Ilkhans remained nominally subordinate to the Great Khan in China, yet struck independent issues bearing their own names.