1730 CE - 1754 // 1143 AH SILVER TURKEY LARGE 1 KURUSH OTTOMAN MAHMUD I

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TURKEY - OTTOMAN EMPIRE (THE SUBLIME OTTOMAN STATE EXISTED FROM 1299 CE//698 AH TO 1923 CE//1342 AH)
REIGN OF SULTAN MAHMUD I, CALIPH OF ISLAM, CALLED "THE HUNCHBACK" (1730-1754)
SILVER KURUSH (KURUS) COIN DATED 1143 AH (1730 CE)
OBV: OTTOMAN TOGRAH SCRIPT MONOGRAM OF MAHMUD I, FLOWER RIGHT, MINT BELOW TOGRAH, DATE WITHIN FRAME BELOW MINT, DOUBLE FRAME BORDER ENCIRCLING
REV: 4 LINE SCRIPT ENCIRCLED BY DOUBLE FRAME BORDER
MAHMUD I CAME TO THE THRONE WHEN HIS UNCLE, SULTAN AHMET III, ACCEDED TO THE DEMANDS OF ROIOTING JANISSARIES TO ABDICATE. THEY ALSO DEMANDED THE DEATH OF THE GRAND VIZIER, WHO WAS PROMPTLY STRANGLED.
FOR THE FIRST YEAR, THE INSURRECTIONISTS WERE IN CONTROL, BUT THEY WERE BROUGHT DOWN AND THEIR LEADERS MET THE SAME FATE AS THE PREVIOUS VIZIER.
THE REST OF MAHMUD'S REIGN WAS PUNCTUATED BY WARS WITH RUSSIA, PERSIA AND AUSTRIA, EARNING HIM THE EPITHET "THE WARRIOR", ALTHOUGH HE ALLOWED HIS VIZIERS TO RUN THE GOVERNMENT AND SPENT HIS TIME WRITING POETRY.
KM # 211
CONTAINS 23.7 GRAMS OF SILVER
41 MM IN DIAMETER
THE TOUGHRA IS AN ORNATE CALLIGRAPHIC SEAL, SIGNATURE OR MONOGRAM INDIVIDUAL TO EACH SULTAN AND HAS THE TITLE "KHAN", NAME OF THE SULTAN, THE ARABIC WORD "BIN" (SON OF), NAME OF THE SULTAN'S FATHER AND THE ARABIC TITLE "MUZAFFIR D'AIMA" (THE EVER VICTORIOUS).
KONSTANTINIYE
(CONSTANTINOPLE OR ISTANBUL)
MINT
HAND HAMMER STRUCK ON A CAST PLANCHET
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