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ISLAMIC, Mongols. Ilkhanids. Jahan Temur, AH 740-741 / AD 1339-1340. Fals (Bronze, 19 mm, 1.99 g), Khilat, without date. 'Sultan Temur Khan [...]' in Arabic. Rev. Legend in Arabic within inner field of six-pointed star. Album -. Leu Web Auction 14 (2020), 2055. Of the highest rarity and great importance, apparently only the fourth known bronze coin of Jihan Timur. Some areas of weakness and with a flan crack, otherwise, good fine.
This is just the fourth known bronze coin of Jihan Timur, who, through his father Alafrang, a son of Gaykhatu, was a direct descendant of the great Genghis Khan. However, Jihan was a mere puppet ruler of the Jalayirid Hasan Buzurg, who disposed him in 1340. His subsequent fate is unknown.
This is just the fourth known bronze coin of Jihan Timur, who, through his father Alafrang, a son of Gaykhatu, was a direct descendant of the great Genghis Khan. However, Jihan was a mere puppet ruler of the Jalayirid Hasan Buzurg, who disposed him in 1340. His subsequent fate is unknown.