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Tyrants of the Tigris & euphrates
327
Ottoman Empire
Gold Sultani, AH 1003
Mehmet III, Ottoman Sultan, AH 1003-1012/AD 1595-1603
Pere 320; KM#8; A 1340.2. Extremely Fine.
Halab (Aleppo) mint.
Sultan Mehmet bin Murad khan ‘azza nasruhu
, mint and date below; Reverse,
sultan al-birrayn wa khaqan al-bahrayn al-sultan bin al-sultan
“sultan of the two lands and kjaqan
of the twe seas, the sultan, son of the sultan”. The “two lands” allude to Asia and Europe, separated at
Constantinople by the Bosporus. The “two seas” are the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.
328
Ottoman Empire
Gold Sultani, AH 1012
Ahmed I, Ottoman Sultan, AH 1012-1026/AD 1603-1617
Cf. Pere 355; A 1347.1. Extremely Fine.
Qustantiniyah (Constantinople) mint. Blundered legend intended as
Sultan Ahmed bin Mehmet khan
‘azza nasruhu,
mint and date (0112!) below; Reverse,
darib al-nadr wa sahib al-’izz al-nasr fi’l birr
wa’l-bahr
“the striker of precious metal, and master of glory, the victorious on land and sea”. Qustan-
tiniyah in Trukish/Arabic means Constantinople.