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Dirham - Mahmud ibn Pishkin citing Ildegizid Uzbek
| Issuer | Pishkinid dynasty |
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| Year | 1212-1226 |
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| Weight | 17.2 g |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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| Edge | Plain. |
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The Pishkinids were a minor dynastic fragment clinging to legitimacy in the southern Caucasus during the slow collapse of Seljuk suzerainty, and this coin captures that dependency precisely — Mahmud ibn Pishkin's citation of the Ildegizid Uzbek on his own coinage was a political calculation, not a formality. The Eldiguzids controlled Azerbaijan and wielded the real military weight in the region; acknowledging them on copper kept local rulers viable.
Uzbek ibn Muhammad Jahan Pahlavan ruled the Eldiguzids until 1225, which brackets the upper terminus of this issue tightly.