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⅓ Shahi - Isma`il I Safavi Mashhad, First Standard
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1502-1525 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse lettering | السلطان العادل شاه اسمعیل بهادر خان ضرب مشهد |
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| Mint | Mashhad (مشهد) |
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Isma'il I founded the Safavid dynasty in 1501 and immediately imposed Twelver Shia Islam as the state religion — a decision that fractured the Islamic world along sectarian lines still visible today. The coinage reforms that followed were among the most politically charged of any Islamic dynasty: inscriptions on silver deliberately proclaimed Shia doctrine, making these coins instruments of confessional identity as much as exchange. Mashhad, as the site of the shrine of Imam Reza, carried particular theological weight as a mint city for this program.
The Album 2577G attribution places this among the earliest standardized Safavid fractional silver issues.