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Fals - 'Ilkhan' Ghazan Mahmud Khan
| Issuer | Ilkhanate |
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| Year | 1295-1304 |
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| Value | 1 Fals (1⁄60) |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a prominent six-pointed star (hexagram), a device closely associated with Ilkhanid coinage of the period, enclosing a three-line horizontal wavy or rope-like ornamental motif within its inner hexagon. The star is rendered in bold relief against a granular hammered field. A circular marginal legend in Arabic script surrounds the central device, partially legible due to the irregular flan and surface wear typical of base-metal Ilkhanid issues. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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Ghazan's conversion to Islam in 1295 — the same year he seized the throne from Baydu — was a political and religious rupture that reshaped the Ilkhanate's coinage overnight. He took the name Mahmud, mandated Islam as the state religion, and ordered a sweeping monetary reform that replaced the existing coinage with issues explicitly declaring Mongol submission to Sunni orthodoxy. Copper fals of this reign circulated at the local market level where silver was too valuable for everyday transactions.
The Zeno reference places this piece within a type still being catalogued and attributed — provenance and mint attribution for many Ghazan copper issues remain contested among specialists.