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1/2 Tanka - Nasir Shah
| Issuer | Malwa Sultanate |
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| Year | 1500-1507 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Irregular square flan bearing two lines of Arabic script in the field, struck by hand with characteristic uneven surfaces. The upper line reads the royal epithet referencing trust in the Eternal, and the lower line carries the sultan's name and title, Abu al-Muzaffar Nasir Shah. The legends are rendered in an angular, somewhat archaic Naskh style typical of Malwa Sultanate coinage. The fields show natural die-hammer irregularities consistent with hammered silver production of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | الواثق بالصمد لم يزلي ابو المظفر ناصر شاه |
| Reverse description | Irregular square flan with two lines of Arabic script occupying the full field, struck in the hammered technique characteristic of the Malwa Sultanate. The upper line records the sultan's lineage as son of Ghiyath Shah al-Khalji, while the lower line bears the dynastic formula invoking perpetuity of royal rule. The script is in a regional Naskh hand, with letters showing the compressed, angular forms common to Malwa silver coinage of the early sixteenth century. Die wear and flan irregularities are consistent with hand-struck production. |
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