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Sultanate of Rum

A Turco-Persian Muslim state established in Anatolia by the Seljuk dynasty.

Kind: state
Region: Middle East, Asia
Recorded period: 1077 – 1308

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Seljuqs of Rum, Sultan Ghiyath al-Din Kaykhusraw I, 634-643 AH [=1192-1200], dirham

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Seljuqs of Rum, Sultan Ghiyath al-Din Kaykhusraw I, 634-643 AH [=1192-1200], dirham

1192 - 1200

Silver coin. Obverse: lion walking to the right, above which a sun [=zodiac sign of the sultan's wife]. Legend in Arabic characters. Reverse: within a square, inscription in Arabic characters, in Kufic script, in four lines. Around the square, inscription in Arabic characters. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this…

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