Mahmud ibn Sebuktegin — later known as Mahmud of Ghazni — had not yet formally assumed the sultanate when this multiple dirham was struck at Kurat Badakhshan. The mint operated in the northeastern highlands during the years his father Sebuktegin was dying and his brother Ismail briefly contested succession. Mahmud seized Ghazni in 998 after defeating Ismail in battle near Ghazni itself, making issues from this transitional window politically charged artifacts of a dynastic struggle.
Badakhshan as a mint site is sparsely attested in the numismatic record for this dynasty.
Mahmud ibn Sebuktegin — later known as Mahmud of Ghazni — had not yet formally assumed the sultanate when this multiple dirham was struck at Kurat Badakhshan. The mint operated in the northeastern highlands during the years his father Sebuktegin was dying and his brother Ismail briefly contested succession. Mahmud seized Ghazni in 998 after defeating Ismail in battle near Ghazni itself, making issues from this transitional window politically charged artifacts of a dynastic struggle.
Badakhshan as a mint site is sparsely attested in the numismatic record for this dynasty.