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Jital - 'Ala al-din Muhammad 'Muhammad II of Khwarezm' NM
| Issuer | Khwarezmian Empire |
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| Year | 1200-1220 |
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| Value | 1 Jital (1⁄50) |
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| Obverse description | Stylized equestrian figure depicted in profile facing right, rendered in the schematic Indo-Iranian tradition characteristic of Khwarazmian billon jitals. The rider, shown astride a horse with arched neck, is surrounded by a dotted border. The design is executed in low relief with bold, somewhat abstract lines typical of the debased coinage of the late Khwarazmian period. The field is plain, and the overall composition reflects the strong influence of earlier Ghaznavid and Ghurid equestrian coin types. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Muhammad II's Khwarezmian Empire collapsed with startling speed after Genghis Khan launched his campaign in 1219 — within three years, Samarkand, Bukhara, and Urgench had fallen, and Muhammad himself died a fugitive on a Caspian island in 1221. Jitals of his reign were struck across a fragmented minting network spanning modern Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia, which is why attribution without a mint name is the rule rather than the exception for this type.