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Summary
The Islamic Coins booklet published in Doha defines propaganda (literally "media") coins as coins put into circulation either officially by the sultan or ruler for the occasion they were struck for, or unofficially by the elite or the public, secretly or openly, according to their political stance toward the state. 1 Their form was not fixed: they could carry a text, an image, a mark or a symbol expressing a favourable or hostile idea. 1
Examples in the booklet
- A Ghurid coin struck in Afghanistan, at Nimruz or Herat, for Sultan Ghiyath al-Din's victories over the Khwarazmians in 597 AH, meant to let people taste the victory by recording it on the chief emblem of kingship, with the motto "God is most high". 1
- A Seljuk dinar that the booklet calls a publicity issue, struck for some occasion and inscribed with the Throne Verse. 2
Connections
- Subject of
- Islamic Coins booklet (Doha)
- Related to
- Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad ibn Sam
People and things also explored
Larin (malawiyat)· Islamic Coins booklet (Doha)· Islamic glass weights and stamps (Egypt)· death of Ghiyath al-Din, king of Ghur· The Firuzkuh fitna (595 AH)· Ghiyath al-Din al-Ghuri quits the Karramiyya· The Ghurid capture of Lahore ends the Ghaznavids, 583/1187· Qatari ibn al-Fuja'a
Sources
- Islamic Coins (booklet of the Islamic Coins Centre, National Council for Culture, Arts and Heritage, Doha) , p. 28
- Islamic Coins (booklet of the Islamic Coins Centre, National Council for Culture, Arts and Heritage, Doha) , p. 24
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islam.museum contributors. “Propaganda coins”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/propaganda-coins/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-04.
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