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Mangir - Suleiman I Damascus
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire - Damascus Mint |
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| Year | 1520-1567 |
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| Value | 1 Mangir |
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| Reverse lettering | دمشق |
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| Mintage | ND (1520-1567) - ND (AH 926-974) |
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Suleiman I inherited Damascus as a going concern — the Mamluk governors had administered it for over two centuries before Selim I took Syria in 1516, just four years before Suleiman's accession. The Damascus mint had operated under multiple sovereignties and adapted accordingly. Copper mangır issues from provincial mints like Damascus were struck to fill the chronic small-change deficit that silver akçe could never practically address at the bazaar level.
Damascus mint output under Suleiman is notoriously difficult to attribute precisely, as die-cutting standards varied sharply between central and provincial operations.