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Dirham - temp. Hulagu / Abaqa Qa'an al-'Adil Type
| Issuer | Ilkhanate |
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| Year | 1245-1272 |
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| Value | 1 Dirham (0.7) |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays the Islamic Shahadah (profession of faith) inscribed in multiple lines of Naskh Arabic script, reading 'La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammad rasul Allah' (There is no god but God, Muhammad is the Messenger of God). The inscription occupies the full width of the flan in bold relief, with possible mint name and/or regnal date appearing in the surrounding marginal legend, partially visible at the periphery of the irregularly shaped flan. The reverse follows the standard Ilkhanid formula of placing the Shahadah prominently as the primary device, consistent with Islamic coinage conventions of the period. |
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| Reverse lettering | لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله (Translation: There is no god but God, Muhammad is the Messenger of God) |
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Struck during the most turbulent decades of Ilkhanid consolidation, this type bridges the reigns of Hulagu — founder of the Ilkhanate and destroyer of the Abbasid Caliphate in 1258 — and his son Abaqa, who ruled as a nominal vassal of the Great Khan in Karakorum. The epithet al-'Adil, "the Just," on a coin issued by a dynasty that had just extinguished the caliphate carries its own historical irony. Mongol rulers adopted Islamic titulature on coinage largely as administrative pragmatism in a predominantly Muslim population, not confession.