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1221, Tajikistan, Amirs of Vakhsh, AbuÂ’l Abbas Muhammad bin Ahmad. Gold D!nar Coin. R!

Reference: A. E1754. R!
Mint Year: 1221 (618 AH)
Denomination: Gold D!nar
Ruler: AbuÂ’l Abbas Muhammad bin Ahmad (c.1221)
Condition: Light marginal weakness of strike, otherwise XF!
Diameter: 23mm
Material: Gold!
Weight: 3.52gm

Vakhsh (Tajik: Вахш) is a city in Tajikistan. It is about 100 km from the capital, Dushanbe. It is likely that the famous Persian poet Rumi was born in Vakhsh in the year 1207.

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Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan (Tajik: Ҷумҳурии Тоҷики�тон, Çumhuriyi Toçikiston/Chumhuriyi Tochikiston; Russian: Ре�публика Таджики�тан, Respublika Tadzhikistan), is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. It borders Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan and Gilgit-Baltistan in Kashmir are separated from Tajikistan by the narrow Wakhan Corridor.

Most of Tajikistan's population belongs to the Persian-speaking Tajik ethnic group, who share language, culture and history with Afghanistan and Iran. Once part of the Samanid Empire, Tajikistan became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union in the 20th century, known as the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (Tajik SSR). Mountains cover more than 90% of the republic. After independence, Tajikistan suffered from a devastating civil war which lasted from 1992 to 1997. Since the end of the war, newly established political stability and foreign aid have allowed the country's economy to grow. Trade in commodities such as cotton, aluminium and uranium has contributed greatly to this steady improvement.