No Izafat on Quaid-i-Azam Birth Centenary Coins

Urdu has a special construction derived from Persian called “Izafat”.  Izafat links two words, either two nouns, or a noun and an adjective.  Izafat is indicated by a “zair” under the last letter of the first word.  It is pronounced “ay” and usually transliterated as “-e-“.

When Izafat links two nouns, it means “of”.  Here’s an example of Izafat linking two nouns:

Government of Pakistan used this Izafat on its name for all its coins (regular or commemorative) issued from 1974 to 1997.

But it is interesting to note that all the three coins (50 Paisa, 100 Rupees and 500 Rupees) issued to mark the Birth Centenary of Quaid-i-Azam does not contain this Izafat.

Missing of this Izafat removes of from the transliteration (Government of Pakistan) and the word became Government Pakistan.

This Izafat is also missing from the word Quaid-e-Azam on the Rs. 100 Coin.

50 Paisa coin was issued on Dec 22, 1976 and was minted by Pakistan Mint, Lahore, whereas the Rs 100 and Rs 500 coins were issued on Feb 22, 1977 and were minted by Italcambio Mint, Venezuela.