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Fals - 'Ilkhan' Uljaytu Khan
| Issuer | Ilkhanate |
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| Year | 1304-1316 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | الجايتو |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a similarly struck multi-line Arabic inscription filling the field, with the text distributed across several horizontal registers without a bordering cartouche. The legends, partially obscured by die wear and corrosion, likely reference the mint name, date of issue in the Hijri calendar, and standard Ilkhanid religious formulae invoking Islamic profession of faith. The flan edges are irregular and show typical hammermark distortion, with patches of green verdigris across the roughened field. |
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Uljaytu's conversion to Twelver Shi'ism around 1309–1310 forced a significant administrative rupture across Ilkhanid coinage, with the Friday prayer formula and mint legends revised to reflect the new confession — a political provocation that alarmed Sunni neighbors and his own amirs alike. Copper fals of this reign rarely survive in attributable condition, partly because provincial mints operated with considerable autonomy and partly because base metal issues were simply not preserved with the care afforded silver dirhams.