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Jital - 'Ala al-din Muhammad Inscription type citing al-Nasir; Dawar
| Issuer | Khwarazmian Empire (Khwarazmian dynasties) |
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| Year | 1200-1220 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field occupied by a multi-line Arabic inscription in angular Kufic script, arranged in horizontal registers and filling the die area. The legend includes the name of the Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir li-Din Allah, whose recognition served as a declaration of political legitimacy by the Khwarazmshah. A partial inner linear circle is visible framing the inscription on the better-preserved areas of the flan. The strike is characteristic of hammered base-metal coinage, with uneven relief and some areas of weak impression due to the irregular flan and variable striking pressure. |
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| Reverse lettering | الناصر لدين الله |
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Muhammad II of Khwarazm ruled one of the most aggressively expansionist empires of the early thirteenth century, and his decision to cite the Abbasid caliph al-Nasir on coinage was politically loaded — al-Nasir had actively worked to undermine Khwarazmian power by encouraging the Qara Khitai and, later, corresponding with the Mongols. The inscription acknowledging the caliph's suzerainty almost certainly reflects an earlier phase of the reign, before relations collapsed entirely and Muhammad considered abolishing the caliphate altogether.
Dawar, the mint of issue, sat in the Helmand River basin in what is now southern Afghanistan — frontier territory that changed hands repeatedly in this period.