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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{One source|date=July 2021}}<br /> [[File:A coin of Ashraf Hotak (Ashrafi).jpg|thumb|Ashrafi minted in the reign of [[Ashraf Hotak|Shāh Ashraf Hōtak]] (d. 1730)]]<br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;ashrafi&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: أَشْرَفِيّ ) is a gold coin which originated from Mamluk Egypt, and which was later widely copied in regions under Muslim rule in the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia. The coin was first minted in 1407 and was named after [[Barsbay|al-Ashraf Sayf ad-Dīn Barsbāy]] (d. 1438), one of the Mamluk rulers of Egypt. It originally weighed 3.45 grams.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Mohur]]<br /> <br /> ==Source==<br /> *{{cite journal|last1=Fragner|first1=B.|date=2011|title=Ašrafī|journal=Encyclopaedia Iranica|volume=2|pages=797–798|url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/asrafi-term-used-from-the-mid-15th-century-for-a-gold-coin-first-minted-in-mamluk-egypt-in-810-1407-08-the-name-probably-r}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1849-0705-4 Gold Ashrafi coin], struck during the reign of [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20211104113318/https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1849-0705-4 Archive Link])<br /> <br /> {{Historic Indian currency and coinage}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Coins]]<br /> [[Category:Gold coins]]<br /> [[Category:Numismatics]]<br /> [[Category:Early Modern currencies]]</div>

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