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Fals - Salah-ad-Din Hajji II Trablus Mint
| Issuer | Mamluk Sultanate |
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| Year | 1382 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Hammered copper flan of irregular round form bearing a multi-line Arabic legend in the field, reading 'al-Malik al-Sultan al-Salih' (the Ruling Sultan, the Righteous), disposed in stacked horizontal lines characteristic of Mamluk copper coinage. The script is executed in a bold, angular hand typical of late fourteenth-century Mamluk fals production. The surfaces show heavy patination and die wear consistent with extensive circulation, with the legend partially obscured by corrosion at the periphery. No border or decorative frame is present, the inscription filling the available field in the customary Mamluk epigraphic style. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Hajji II's reign lasted less than a year in total across two separate attempts — he was first deposed in 1382 after roughly three months, then briefly restored before being removed again by Barquq, who used him as a political instrument rather than a genuine ruler. Copper fals from Tripoli during this window are scarce precisely because the mint's output under a contested sultan was neither consistent nor prioritized.
Barquq's consolidation of power marked the transition from the Bahri to the Burji Mamluk line, making issues under Hajji II among the last of the older dynasty's copper coinage from the Syrian mints.