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Jital - Taj al-Din Harb Sistan Mint
| Issuer | Later Saffarids of Sijistan |
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| Year | 1167-1215 |
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| Currency | Dinar (628/632-1598) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | ضرب سيستان |
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The Later Saffarids of Sijistan were a dynasty clinging to a shrinking corner of political legitimacy — nominal rulers under Ghuzz Turkish overlords who had devastated Khorasan after breaking free of Seljuk control in the 1150s. Taj al-Din Harb's long tenure, stretching nearly five decades, is less a sign of dynastic strength than of his particular usefulness to successive outside powers. Sijistan's relative geographic isolation, bordering the Dasht-e Margo desert, gave the Saffarid remnant just enough insulation to survive where more exposed dynasties did not.