Farahabad Mint: Recognition of Historical and Numismatic Evidence

to the quality and information derived from data on the Safavid coins, considerable part of these objects are amongst the primary and particular sources for economical, political, social and cultural history studies of aforementioned period. These coins also have important role in local history studies. Catalogues, books and articles have been published about the presentation and recognition of these coins and their mints. But still there are some deficiencies in numismatic studies of Safavid coins such as deficiency in identification of the Safavid mints. Therefore, in this survey some rare coins will be studied for the first time which according to their inscription had been minted in Farahabad. Although there have been two places during Safavid era which called Farahabad in Sari and Isfahan, Safavid numismatic sources did not list the name of Farahabad as Safavid mint. Some of the collectors and numismatists have different idea in ascription of these coins to the cities called Farahabad. This article will introduce the unique samples of these coins for the first time and the Farahabad which is the real mint will be recognized.