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Fals - 'Ilkhan' Uljaytu Khan Soltanya and Tiflis mint
| Issuer | Ilkhanate |
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| Year | 1304-1316 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1256-1388) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a multi-line Arabic Shi'a religious inscription arranged in horizontal registers within an irregular flan. The Shahada and declaration of Ali's authority as wali Allah occupy the field in bold naskh script. The marginal legend, which would typically carry additional religious or regnal text, is largely illegible or off-flan on this example. The coin exhibits characteristic Ilkhanid hammered fabric with uneven striking and natural flan irregularities. Surface shows green patination consistent with copper alloy burial coinage of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | لا إله إلا الله / محمد / رسول الله / علي ولي الله |
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Uljaytu's reign saw one of the more dramatic confessional pivots in Ilkhanid history — he converted from Buddhism to Christianity to Sunni Islam before finally settling on Twelver Shi'ism around 1309, a shift that briefly placed the Ilkhanate at odds with its Sunni neighbors and prompted a reissue of coinage bearing updated religious formulae. Copper fals from this reign circulated at the lowest transactional level, handling the small commerce that silver dirhams could not efficiently serve.
Tiflis operated as a significant Caucasian mint under Ilkhanid control following the Mongol subjugation of Georgia, striking alongside Soltaniyya — the purpose-built capital Uljaytu founded around 1305.