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1 Falus - Firuz Shah Zafar
| Issuer | Delhi Sultanate |
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| Year | 1389 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Hammered copper flan bearing bold Arabic calligraphic legend in the field, reading the royal title of Sultan Firuz Shah Zafar. The inscription is rendered in a fluid Naskh-influenced hand typical of late Tughluq-era Delhi Sultanate coinage, occupying the majority of the flan. The irregular round planchet shows characteristic die-striking irregularities with natural flan cracks and surface porosity. Patination is a rich brown with areas of green cuprite deposits consistent with prolonged burial. No decorative border or mint mark is visible on this face. |
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| Obverse lettering | فيروز شاه ظفر |
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Firuz Shah Tughluq died in 1388 after a reign of nearly 37 years, leaving the Delhi Sultanate in immediate dynastic crisis. The succession collapsed into violent infighting among his grandsons, and the brief, contested reign of Firuz Shah Zafar — one of several claimants cycling through the throne in the years that followed — produced coinage in limited volume before power shifted again. This falus dates to that fractured interregnum, less than a decade before Timur's 1398 sack of Delhi effectively ended Tughluqid authority.