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Dirham - Imad ad-Dunia wa-d-Din Ulugh Igdish Chaghri Khaqan Banakath mint
| Issuer | Banakath, Qarakhanids of |
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| Year | 1203 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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The Qarakhanid khanate by the early thirteenth century was fragmenting under sustained Qara Khitai suzerainty, and many of its regional rulers were effectively client princes issuing coinage in their own names while acknowledging overlord authority in the margins. Banakath — located in the Chach region of the middle Syr Darya, modern Tashkent province — was a secondary mint whose output was modest relative to Samarqand or Uzgend. The full honorific string on this piece reflects the Qarakhanid taste for stacking titulature to assert legitimacy precisely when real political power was eroding.