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1/2 Gani - Shah Ahmad I
| Issuer | Bahmani Sultanate |
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| Year | 1422-1435 |
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| Currency | Tanka (1347-1518) |
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| Reverse description | Reverse field filled with multiple lines of Arabic Naskh script bearing the sultan's titles and regnal formula, consistent with Bahmani Sultanate coinage of the early 15th century. A horizontal line divides the field, with the AH date numeral appearing in the lower register. The inscription references the sultan's authority and Islamic titles, the whole contained within the roughly circular, irregular flan typical of hammered issues of this period. |
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| Mintage | 825 (1422) - - ND (1422-1435) - AH 825 - 838 - 826 (1423) - - 827 (1424) - - 828 (1425) - - 829 (1426) - - 830 (1427) - - 831 (1428) - - 831 (1428) - - 832 (1429) - - 833 (1430) - - 834 (1431) - - 835 (1432) - - 836 (1433) - - 837 (1434) - - 838 (1435) - - |
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Ahmad Shah I Wali, who ruled the Bahmani Sultanate from 1422 to 1436, was a notably devout ruler with strong Sufi affiliations — his epithet "Wali" meaning saint or friend of God. The Bahmani copper coinage of this period is poorly documented in early scholarship, and the fractional denominations in particular circulated heavily in local bazaar trade across the Deccan, leaving most survivors in poor condition. Clean examples are genuinely scarce.