6 Dirhams - "Ilkhan" Taghay Timur Jurjan
Features
| Issuer |
Ilkhanates of Western Khorasan
 |
|---|---|
| Khan |
Togha Temür (1336-1353)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 742 (1342) |
| Calendar | Islamic (Hijri) |
| Value | 6 Dirhams (4.2) |
| Currency | Dinar (1256-1388) |
| Composition | Srebro |
| Weight | 4.32 g |
| Diameter | 24.5 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły (nieregularny) |
| Technique | Młotkowana |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 141178 |
| References | Album Islamic# 2245 Stephen Album; 2011. A Checklist of Islamic Coins (3rd Edition). Self-published, Santa Rosa, California, United States. |
Obverse
(en) Honorary title and name of the leader in a quadrilobe; a ring attached to the outside of each lobe separating in four a legend composed of the name of the workshop followed by the date in full.
Lettering:
في ابل
ضرب
السلطان العلم العدل
طغايتيمور جان جلد
ملكه
في استرباد سبعمائة اربعين اثنان سنة
Reverse
(en) Joined on three lines, the first kalima of Islam, framed by the names of the first four caliphs (beginning at 12 o'clock, then reading in the clockwise direction for the following ones).
Lettering:
ﻻ ﺍﻟﻪ ﺍﻻ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ
ﻣﺤﻤﺪ
ﺭﺳﻮﻝ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ
إبو بكير | عمر | عثمان | علي
Comments
(en) In 1338, Togha Temür briefly pretended to the ilkhan throne as a descendant of Genghis Khan's brother.
Initially supported by Hassan Buzurg, he will lose the favor of the latter by falling into a trap set by the chupanid Hasan Kutchek: the latter promised him the hand of Sati Beg in exchange for an alliance against Hasan Buzurg. To do this, he asked Togha Temür to write him a letter in which he promised to help him if needed; letter which he hastened to transmit to Hassan Buzurg.
This incident made him lose his il-khan title. He will still continue to rule in Khorasan and Mazandaran.
In 1353, he will be assassinated by the Sarbadars near Astarabad, the former name of the city of Gorgan in present-day Iran.
The obverse is written in Naskh and the reverse in Kufic.
Initially supported by Hassan Buzurg, he will lose the favor of the latter by falling into a trap set by the chupanid Hasan Kutchek: the latter promised him the hand of Sati Beg in exchange for an alliance against Hasan Buzurg. To do this, he asked Togha Temür to write him a letter in which he promised to help him if needed; letter which he hastened to transmit to Hassan Buzurg.
This incident made him lose his il-khan title. He will still continue to rule in Khorasan and Mazandaran.
In 1353, he will be assassinated by the Sarbadars near Astarabad, the former name of the city of Gorgan in present-day Iran.
The obverse is written in Naskh and the reverse in Kufic.
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