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temp. Ögedei
AH 624-639 / AD 1227-1241

                AR Dirham (3.18 g, 15mm, 12). Citing Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir.
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Pedig:
Uncertain eastern mint.
Uncertain.
Persian legend:
         be-qouvvat-e | aferidegar | ['alam]
         (By the power of | the Creator of | [the world])
Ornament above.
Persian legend:
         al-Mustansir | billah, amir | [al-mu'minin]
         (al-Mustansir | billah, Commander | of the faithful)
Ornament above.
Nyamaa 9; Album 1978K.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 78 (14 May 2008), lot 1939.
Notes: All of the references list the obverse legend as simply be-qouvvat-e aferidegar (By the power of the Creator). However, this only is the first two lines. On examples with full legends visible, clearly the third line is an additional word that reads 'alam (the world).

temp. Güyük
AH 644-646 / AD 1246-1248

                AR Dirham (1.09 g, 14mm, 5).
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Uncertain mint (in Chagatayid region).
Uncertain.
Kufic legend:
         la ilah | illa Allah
         (There is no diety | except God)
Ornaments around.
Tamgha of Güyük flanked by floral ornaments.
Marginal Kufic legend:
         [...] al-adil [...]
         (same)
Nyamaa p. 51; Album -.
Notes: This type has been given to a mint in the area of Khwarizm, but the epigraphy and metrology (size and weight) suggest a location more likely to the east, in the Chagatai heartland.

temp. Qaidu
AH 668-701 / AD 1269-1302

                AR Dirham (1.93 g, 23mm, 3). Citing Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir.
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Ortrar.
Dated AH 695 (AD 1296).
Central Kufic legend:
         al-hamd li-Ilah | al-mulk li-Ilah
         (Praise be to God | The kingdom is God's)
Marginal Kufic legend:
         zarb haza bibaldat | Otrar sanat | khams wa t- | -is'(in) wa sitt mi'at
         (This \ struck in the town of | Otrar, year five and n- | -ine(ty) and six hundred)
Tamgha of Ugedei with four annulets and ornate patterns around;
Marginal Kufic legend:
         al-imam al-a'zam al-Nasr amir al-mu'min
         (The supreme \ imam al-Nasir, commander of the faithful)
Nyamaa 43 (Tuqa Timur); SNA Tübingen 10 var. (legends); Album -.