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Fals - 'Ilkhan' Uljaytu Khan Type Artuqid
| Issuer | Ilkhanate |
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| Year | 1304-1316 |
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| Value | 1 Fals (1⁄60) |
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| Obverse description | Within a square border, a stylized personified solar disc is depicted in the central field, flanked on either side by small globules. The Shahada (Islamic declaration of faith) is distributed across the four segments surrounding the square, each side bearing one phrase of the kalima in Arabic script, reading continuously around the design. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Uljaytu's reign saw the Ilkhanate's administrative apparatus reach deep into Anatolia, where Artuqid client rulers continued striking copper in the name of their Mongol overlords. This piece is a product of that arrangement — a local fals acknowledging Ilkhanid suzerainty rather than being struck at a central mint. Uljaytu himself converted to Twelver Shia Islam in 1310, a politically charged move that alienated Sunni subjects and briefly reshaped the theological framing of official coinage before he reversed course under pressure.