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Dirham - 'Ilkhan' Ahmad Tekudar
| Issuer | Ilkhanate |
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| Year | 1282-1284 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the Islamic profession of faith (Shahada) inscribed in multiple lines of stylized Arabic Naskh script: 'La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lahu, Muhammad rasul Allah' (There is no god but God alone, He has no partner, Muhammad is the messenger of God). The legend fills the entire face within a dotted border, characteristic of Ilkhanid hammered silver coinage. The script is bold and angular, typical of 13th-century Mongol-period Islamic dirhams. |
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| Obverse lettering | لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له محمد رسول الله |
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Ahmad Tekudar was the first Ilkhan to convert to Islam, taking the name Ahmad after his conversion and attempting to reorient Mongol policy in Persia toward the Muslim majority population. His reign lasted only two years before he was overthrown and executed by his nephew Arghun, who favored the Buddhist and shamanist factions within the Mongol nobility. The coinage issued under his name marks a genuine, if short-lived, shift in the dynasty's religious identity — the first Ilkhanid dirhams to carry Islamic formulae reflecting a ruling khan's personal faith rather than political calculation.
The brevity of his reign keeps surviving examples relatively scarce across all mints.