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Dirham - 'Ilkhan' Sulayman Khan
| Issuer | Chupanid puppet state of Ilkhanate |
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| Year | 1339-1346 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays the Islamic profession of faith (shahada) arranged in three horizontal lines: 'la ilaha illa Allah / Muhammad / rasul Allah' (There is no god but God / Muhammad / is the Messenger of God). The marginal legend names the four Rightly Guided Caliphs in sequence: 'Abu Bakr / 'Umar / 'Uthman / 'Ali', a formula standard to Sunni Ilkhanid and late Ilkhanid-era coinage. The strike is weak in areas, consistent with the worn and irregular hammered flan, and no inner border is discernible on this side. |
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| Mintage | 739 (1339) - - 740 (1340) - - 741 (1341) - - 742 (1342) - - 743 (1343) - - 744 (1344) - - 745 (1345) - - 746 (1346) - - |
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Sulayman Khan was the last Ilkhanid figurehead propped up by the Chupanid amir Hasan Kuchak, who wielded real power while the khan's name legitimized the coinage. When Hasan Kuchak was assassinated in 1343, the fiction of Ilkhanid continuity began collapsing entirely. Sulayman himself was killed in 1346, ending both the Chupanid grip on Azerbaijan and the last pretense of a functioning Ilkhanate. Dirhams of this period circulated across a fragmenting northwestern Iran where multiple successor powers were already minting competing issues.