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½ Tanka - Mahmud Shah II
| Issuer | Sultanate of Malwa (Indian Sultanates) |
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| Year | 917-921 (1511-1515) |
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| Weight | 5.5 g |
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| Reverse description | Square hammered flan with a two-line Arabic inscription in bold Naskh script, separated by a horizontal ruled line. The upper register reads 'bin nasir shah al-khalji' and the lower register continues 'al-sultan khallada mulkahu', completing the full royal titulature of Mahmud Shah II. The legends are struck in high relief with characteristic Malwa calligraphic style, filling the flan to its irregular edges. The overall execution reflects the hammered die-striking tradition of the Malwa Sultanate workshops. |
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| Reverse lettering | بن ناصر شاه الخلجي السلطان خلد ملكه |
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Mahmud Shah II inherited a Malwa Sultanate already hollowing from within — his reign coincided with sustained Rajput pressure from Mewar under Rana Sanga, who had spent years systematically reducing Malwa's territorial hold. The sultan was eventually captured by Rana Sanga at the Battle of Gagron in 1519, ending Malwa's independence in any practical sense, though the sultanate technically persisted until Sher Shah Suri's final absorption in 1542.
This issue falls within the four-year window before that unraveling became irreversible.