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QARAKHANID AT BALKH & TIRMIDH: Khusrawshah, 1179-1186, AE qadiri dirham (4.41g), Qunduz, DM, strong

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QARAKHANID AT BALKH & TIRMIDH: Khusrawshah, 1179-1186, AE qadiri dirham (4.41g), Qunduz, DM, strong
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QARAKHANID AT BALKH & TIRMIDH: Khusrawshah, 1179-1186, AE qadiri dirham (4.41g), Qunduz, DM, A-3478D, ruler cited as al-sultan al-a'zam rukn al-dunya wa'l-din khusrawshah, with the mint name above the obverse field, unpublished and one of just two known pieces, strong VF, RRR. This is the earliest known coin with the mint name Qunduz, formerly Walwalij, which had been an important Ghaznavid, Great Seljuq, and Ghorid of Bamiyan mint, last recorded on gold coins dated 605 (type A-1806). The earliest published coins with the name Qunduz are gold dinars of the Khwarizmshah Muhammad b. Takish, dated in the early 610s. The name "qunduz" derives from the Persian "kohan-dez", which means "old fortress".