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Fals - Kayqubad I citing Calif Al-Nasir
| Issuer | Rûm Sultanate |
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| Year | 1220-1237 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1016-1308) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | الامام الناصر لدين الله امير المؤمنين |
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Kayqubad I ruled the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm at its political peak, pushing territorial control to the Mediterranean coast and extracting tribute from Armenian Cilicia. The citation of Abbasid Caliph Al-Nasir on this copper issue is a deliberate act of legitimation — Al-Nasir had spent decades carefully rebuilding caliphal authority after generations of Buyid and Seljuk domination, and Anatolian rulers citing him were acknowledging a political relationship, not merely following convention. Al-Nasir died in 1225, mid-way through Kayqubad's reign, which brackets the likely striking window for pieces bearing his name.