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Dirham - Kayqubād I citing Caliph Al-Nasir Konya mint
| Issuer | Rûm Sultanate |
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| Year | 1219-1225 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Central field bearing a multi-line Arabic inscription in Thuluth-influenced script, citing the Abbasid Caliph Al-Nasir li-Din Allah with his honorific titles, arranged in horizontal registers across the coin. The legend reads the caliph's full titulature, with small six-pointed star ornaments serving as decorative separators between text lines. The field is enclosed by a beaded inner border, with a plain outer rim showing the characteristic irregularity of hammered coinage. The die work is bold and deeply cut, typical of Anatolian Seljuk silver production of the early 13th century. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Kayqubād I, who came to power in 1220 after imprisoning his own brother Kay Kāʾūs I, ruled the Seljuq Sultanate of Rûm at its territorial peak. The citation of Caliph Al-Nāṣir on this dirham is a deliberate political gesture — Al-Nāṣir had spent decades manipulating Anatolian dynastic rivalries from Baghdad, and Kayqubād's formal acknowledgment of caliphal authority helped legitimize a reign that began through fratricide. Konya served as the sultanate's capital, and its mint was among the most active in Anatolia during this period.
Al-Nāṣir died in 1225, which brackets the latest possible date for this citation type.