1/2 Larin 'Kuda' - Muhammad Imaduddin II

The larin was an unusual wire-money tradition inherited from Persian Gulf trade networks, but by the early 18th century the Maldives had adapted it into a distinctly local struck form. Muhammad Imaduddin II's reign was marked by repeated interference from South Indian powers, particularly the Cannanore Ali Rajas, who had established a parasitic trading relationship with the islands that periodically tipped into outright occupation. Coinage from this reign is scarce partly because the sultanate's monetary output was modest, and partly because billon issues circulated hard in a low-denomination economy dependent on cowrie shells for most small transactions.