Qarakhanid Dynasty, also spelled Karakhanid, also called the Ilek Khanid, was a Turkic khanate that ruled in Transoxiana in Central Asia. The Qarakhanids are an important part of the history and development of Turkish language and culture as well as close ties to Chinese history.

The Khanate conquered Transoxiana in Central Asia and ruled it between 999-1211. Their arrival in Transoxiana signaled a definitive shift from Iranian to Turkic predominance in Central Asia, yet the Kara-khanids gradually assimilated the Perso-Arab Muslim culture, while retaining some of their native Turkic culture.

The dynasty names of Karakhanids and Ilek Khanids refer to royal titles with Kara Kagan being the most important Turkic title up till the end of the dynasty.

These fascinating coins are considered Emergency issues because of the scarcity of silver at the time and they are quite large at approximately 35-40mm. They were “silver washed” (a process where the debased silver was put through a process which brought out a higher siler content to the surface, thus giving the appearance of silver)

Each coin is $75 chosen at random from a group of coins which will grade from VF to Uncirculated.