Analysis of The Process of Legitimization on the Ilkhanid's Coins (656-736 AH)

Shamsi, Shima; Shateri, Mitra; Ahmadi, Abasali

doi:10.30465/hcs.2018.4037

Analysis of The Process of Legitimization on the Ilkhanid's Coins (656-736 AH)

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¹ researcher

² Mitra Shateri, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Archaeology Department, Humanity Sciences Faculty, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran

³ Assistant Professor Archaeology Department Humanity Sciences Faculty Shahrekord University

10.30465/hcs.2018.4037

Abstract

The Ilkhans had to implement policies that ensured their legitimacy for the people and both domestic and foreign competitors in order to establish a social order and realize their goals. In this regard, Coins have also changed as government's monopoly instrument. In this period, Islamic and Iranian concepts, along with the Mongolian themes were carved on the coins of the Buddhist rulers of the Mongol religion. In the present study, the Ilkhan's coins were studied in order to review the coin history and analyze the process of legitimization in this period in an analytical-historical method. The results of the research indicate that the legitimacy of the Ilkhans in the form of Mongolian, Iranian, and Islamic slogans has been based on concepts based on legal-rational sources, tradition and charisma. Thus, the application of these concepts on coins, in terms of content and scope has followed the domestic and foreign political competitions of Ilkhan period.

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