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Fals - Isma'il b. Ahmad al-Shash mint
| Issuer | Samanid dynasty |
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| Year | 893-907 |
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| Value | 1 Fals (1⁄60) |
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| Obverse lettering | لا اله الا الله وحده لا شريك له |
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| Mintage | 279 (893) - - 280 (894) - - 281 (895) - - 282 (896) - - 283 (897) - - 284 (898) - - 285 (898) - - 286 (899) - - 287 (900) - - 288 (901) - - 289 (902) - - 290 (903) - - 291 (904) - - 292 (905) - - 293 (906) - - 294 (907) - - |
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Isma'il ibn Ahmad consolidated Samanid authority over Transoxiana after defeating the Saffarid ruler 'Amr ibn al-Layth at the Battle of Balkh in 900 AD, a victory that dramatically expanded the dynasty's reach and effectively made the Samanids the dominant power in the eastern caliphate. Al-Shash — modern Tashkent — was a prosperous copper-producing region, which made it a natural center for fals production serving local market transactions that silver dirhams were too valuable to handle.
Album 1444 encompasses considerable variety in module and die workmanship across mints; al-Shash examples tend toward cruder execution than the Samarqand issues of the same reign.