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Tyrants of the Tigris & euphrates
295
Ilkhans
Gold Dinar, No Date
Abaqa, Mongol Ilkhan of Persia, AH 663-680/AD 1265-1282
Diler A-68; A 2126.1. Very Fine.
Type of Yazd mint, citing the Great Mongol Qublai as
qa’an padshah ‘alam
, Abaqa titled
ilkhan al-
’azam.
Yazd is a city in central Iran. Rare.
296
Ilkhans
Silver Dirham (2.32g), AH 682
Ahmad Tekudar, Mongol Ilkhan of Persia, AH 681-683/AD 1282-1284
SICA-9, 490-491; A 2140. Fine.
Tabriz mint, Uighur obverse with Ahmad in Arabic added below. Reverse, Kalima with mint and date in
margin segments. Rare. This type with personal name in Arabic was struck only in 682 and 683, mainly
at Tabriz.
297
Ilkhans
Gold Dinar (4.63g), AH 688(?)
Arghun, Mongol Ilkhan of Persia, AH 683-690/AD 1284-1291
SICA-9, 497; A 2144. Very Fine.
Madinat Tabriz mint, Uighur obverse with Arghun in Arabic added below. Reverse, Kalima with mint
and date in margin. Dinars of Arghun struck at Tabriz typically have blundered mint and date. On this
specimen “Tabriz” is reasonably clear and the date all but certain.