Specimen record
chagh-002
Chagh-002 Chaghatayid Khanate, temp. Toqa Temür (circa AH 670-690 / AD 1272-1291). Silver dirham (1.74 gm, 22.65 mm), Otrar, AH 6xx. Album 1985. Rare.
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chagh-002
House record
This specimen
- Inventory no.
- chagh-002
- Weight
- 1.74 gm
- Diameter
- 22.65 mm
Type (catalogue)
- Dynasty
- Chaghatayid Khanate
- Ruler
- Toqa Temür
- Reign
- circa AH 670-690 / AD 1272-1291
- Metal
- Silver
- Denomination
- Dirham
- Mint
- Otrar
- AH
- AH 6xx
- References
- Album 1985
Obverse
‘al-mulk lillāh / al-ḥamd lillāh’ (‘The kingdom is Allah’s. Praise be to Allah’ in Arabic); around, ‘ḍuriba hādhā / bi baldat Utrār / … / … wa sitta miʾa’ (This was struck in the town of Otrar … 6xx’ in Arabic).
Reverse
Tamgha of Qaidu with ornate patterns around; in the margin, citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Nasir li-din Allah (AH 575-622 / AD 1180-1225) as ‘al-imām al-aʿẓam al-Nāṣir li-jam[īʿ al-muʾminī]n’ (‘The supreme Imam, al-Nasir [i.e., the One who Gives Victory] to all the believers’ in Arabic).
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