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1 Falus - Ghiyath Shah Khalji - 1469-1500
| Issuer | Malwa, Sultanate of |
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| Year | 873-906 |
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| Value | 1 Falus |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Ghiyath Shah ruled Malwa for over three decades — unusually long by Sultanate standards — and his reign is better remembered for its sybaritic court culture than for military campaigns. Contemporary chroniclers describe a ruler who largely delegated governance while presiding over elaborate entertainments. The copper falus was the workhorse of local bazaar trade throughout this period, and Malwa's relative stability under Ghiyath Shah meant these circulated heavily across the Narmada river trade corridor.
GG#M94 is among the more frequently encountered types in this reign, though even common Malwa coppers are underrepresented in Western collections.