Dirham - 'Ilkhan' Arghun Khan

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.