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Ashrafi (Arabic: أَشْرَفِيّ ) is a gold coin which originated in the Muslim World, and which was later widely adopted as currency in regions under Muslim rule in the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia.
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The coin was first minted in 1407 and was named after al-Ashraf Sayf ad-Dīn Barsbāy (d. 1438), one of the Mamluk rulers of Egypt. It originally weighed 3.45 grams.
See also
editSource
edit- Fragner, B. (2011). "Ašrafī". Encyclopædia Iranica. 2: 797–798.
External links
edit- Gold Ashrafi coin, struck during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent (archived 4 November 2021)