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Fals - 'Ilkhan' Uljaytu Khan
| Issuer | Ilkhanate |
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| Year | 1304-1316 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a multi-line Arabic inscription in Naskh script, arranged horizontally across the flan. The legend includes the Shahada or the name and title of the Ilkhan ruler Uljaytu Khan. The flan is irregular and slightly clipped, typical of hammered copper coinage of the Ilkhanate period. The surfaces show green and red patination consistent with long-term burial, and the relief is bold though worn in places. |
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| Obverse lettering | لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله |
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Uljaytu's reign saw one of the more consequential religious pivots in Ilkhanid history — he converted from Buddhism to Christianity to Sunni Islam before finally settling on Twelver Shi'ism in 1309, a shift that briefly made the Ilkhanate the only Mongol successor state with a Shi'a ruling house. Copper fals of this reign are chronically difficult to attribute precisely because the administration issued such quantities across a fragmented mint network, with many pieces remaining either unpublished or catalogued only through private collection data like the Zeno corpus.