Catalog
Fals - 'Ilkhan' Hulagu Khan
| Issuer | Ilkhanate |
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| Year | 1256-1265 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field bearing the Shahada in multiple lines of Arabic Kufic-influenced script: 'La ilaha illa allah muhammad rasul allah,' with the formula of blessing upon the Prophet continuing in the lower registers. The inscription is arranged horizontally across the flan in a bold, angular hand characteristic of early Ilkhanid copper coinage. The legend fills the field without a framing border, consistent with the undated, undifferentiated fals issues of Hulagu Khan's reign. The flan is irregular and shows typical hammered fabric with uneven surfaces and patchy green patination. |
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| Obverse lettering | لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم |
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Hulagu Khan established the Ilkhanate following the Mongol sack of Baghdad in 1258 — an event that ended the Abbasid Caliphate after five centuries and killed the Caliph Al-Musta'sim, reportedly by wrapping him in felt and having him trampled by horses to avoid spilling royal blood on the ground. Early Ilkhanid copper issues like this fals occupy an awkward transitional moment in Islamic numismatics: the new rulers had no tradition of Islamic coinage and were producing currency for a population that did.
Diler 41 is among the scarcer attributed types of Hulagu's brief reign as founding Il-Khan.