SHAHS OF BADAKHSHAN

690 – 776 AH

2.45g and half dirhams of about 1.22g, apparently derived from contemporary Ilkhan dirhams of Arghun and maintained at that level until the reform in 722, ignoring contemporary Ilkhan weight reductions between 696 and 722. The reform coinage, introduced in the Chaghatayid kingdom in 722, consists of the dinar kebeki (about 8.0g), 1/6 dinar (1.32g) and dangi (0.32g). The dangi was ¼ of the 1/6 dinar, thus 1/24 of the dinar kebeki, and usually bears the name of the denomination, normally as a prefix to the mint name. All coins of this state bear the mint names Badakhshan or Khwast, or lack the mint name entirely. Nearly all coins of this kingdom are crudely struck, often with considerable weakness and mushiness. Most are dated.