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Dirham 'Dang' - Muhammad Uzbeg Saray mint - Type 3
| Issuer | Golden Horde |
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| Year | 1327-1328 |
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| Value | 1 Dirham / Dang / Yarmag (0.7) |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing the Islamic Kalima (Shahada) in multi-line Arabic script arranged within a rectangular cartouche with ruled linear borders, flanked by small rosette or geometric ornaments at the corners. The profession of faith is rendered in bold Naskh script typical of Jochid coinage, with decorative foliate or multi-petalled floral motifs filling the upper register. The outer margin shows traces of a peripheral legend partially lost to the irregular flan. |
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| Reverse lettering | لا إله إلا الله / محمد رسول الله |
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Muhammad Uzbeg Khan's reign (1313–1341) marked the Golden Horde's conversion to Islam as official state policy — a decisive break that reshaped administration, coinage, and court culture across the western steppe. The Saray mint was the Horde's primary production center, and Type 3 dirhams from this reign represent the consolidated calligraphic reform that followed years of transitional issue types. Sagdeeva's sequencing of Uzbeg's Saray output identifies at least five distinct type groupings, making correct attribution dependent on the specific cartouche arrangement and marginal formula rather than any single design element.