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Jalayrids
Gold Dinar (8,52g), AH 776
Shayk Uways, Jalayrid Sultan of Iraq and Azerbaijan, AH 757-776/AD 1356-1374
BMC X, 593s; A 2297. Very Fine.
Baghdad mint (8.52gm). Square-in-circle obverse,
al-sultan al-a’zam Shaykh Uways bahadur khan,
mint interlinear, date in margin; Reverse, Kalima within looped octofoil, the Rashidun around. Unlike
his father Hasan Buzurg, Uways had no qualms about taking the title of sultan and placing his own
name on the coins. As the Mongol Ilkhanate crumbled into minor kingdoms, Uways became intent on
conquests in Persia. He took Tabriz in 1360, though Baghdad remained the Jalayrid capital.
307
Jalayrids
Gold Dinar (6.64g), AH 782
Sultan Husayn I, Jalayrid Sultan of Baghdad, AH 776-784/AD 1374-1382
BMC X, 606t; A 2304. Fine.
Madinat al-Salam Baghdad mint (6.64gm). Ornamented square-in-circle obverse naming
al-sultan al-
’azam Jalal al-Din Husayn
, date in margin; Reverse, Kalima in large square Kufic letters forming a
square, mint name at center, the Rashidun around. Very rare.
308
Jalayrids
Gold Dinar (5.49g), AH 786
Sultan Ahmad, Jalayrid Sultan of Baghdad, AH 784-813/AD 1382-1410 (1st reign)
BMC VI, 618 (digit missing); A 2309. Very Fine.
Baghdad mint. Ruler named as
al-sultan al-’azam Sultan Ahmad bahadur,
date in margin; Reverse, Kali-
ma in large square Kufic letters forming a square, mint name at center, the Rashidun around. Very rare,