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Fractional Dinar - Turanshah IV Jarun
| Issuer | Qalhati, Emirate of |
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| Year | 1541-1564 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse description | Arabic inscription in bold calligraphic script occupying the central field, divided by a horizontal line into two registers. The upper register contains the ruler's name or a portion of the religious formula, while the lower register bears complementary text. The legend is enclosed within a dotted border running along the inner periphery of the coin. The irregular flan and characteristic crude style are typical of hammered fractional gold coinage from the Qalhati emirate. |
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| Edge | Plain. |
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The Emirate of Qalhat occupied a strategically awkward position in the mid-sixteenth century — nominally subordinate to the Portuguese Estado da India after Albuquerque's 1507 sack of the city, yet still issuing its own gold coinage under local rulers. Turanshah IV's reign at Jarun, the island fortress better known today as Hormuz, placed him at the center of the Persian Gulf spice and horse trade at precisely the moment Portuguese commercial pressure was reshaping every transaction passing through the strait.
Gold fractionals from this emirate and period are poorly documented in Western references; the A# catalog designation reflects how recently systematic attribution has been attempted.