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Shahi - Tahmasp I Safavi Mashhad; Second Eastern Silver Standard
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Year | 935-936 (1529-1564) |
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| Value | 1 Shahi |
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| Reverse description | Multi-line royal titulature of Shah Tahmasp I inscribed in nastaʿlīq script filling the central field, incorporating the extended royal formula with epithets. The mint name Mashhad (ضرب مشهد) appears in the lower portion of the field, identifying the place of issue. The irregular flan and characteristic bold relief lettering are consistent with Safavid hammered silver production of the early to mid-sixteenth century. |
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| Reverse lettering | السلطان العادل الکامل الهادی الوالی ابوالمظفر شاه طهماسب بهادر خان الصفوی خلدالله تعالی ملکه و سلطانه ضرب مشهد |
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The date range here is misleading at first glance — 935–936 AH covers only two lunar years, yet Tahmasp I reigned for over five decades, making this a narrowly attributed emission within a much longer series. Mashhad's mint gained particular significance under the Safavids as a pilgrimage city housing the shrine of Imam Reza, and royal investment in its mint was partly devotional, partly political — demonstrating Twelver Shia legitimacy through controlled silver output.
The "Second Eastern Silver Standard" designation reflects a documented weight reform, not a geographic curiosity. Album's sequencing of type 2606 places this squarely within Tahmasp's early consolidation period following his father Ismail I's death in 1524.