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1 Gānī - Kalīm Allāh Shāh AH 932-944/5, AD 1526-1538
| Issuer | Sultanate of Bahmani (Indian Sultanates) |
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| Year | 1526-1538 |
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| Currency | Tanka (1347-1518) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | كليم الله السلطان بن محمود شاه البهمني |
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Kalīm Allāh Shāh was the last sultan of the Bahmani dynasty, ruling over a kingdom that had already effectively ceased to exist. By the time of his accession, the Bahmani Sultanate had fragmented into five successor states — Bidar, Bijapur, Ahmadnagar, Berar, and Golconda — each governed by former provincial governors who had long since stopped deferring to Bidar. Kalīm Allāh retained the title but commanded almost nothing, and was eventually expelled from Bidar entirely around 1527, dying in obscurity in the Deccan.
Coinage struck in his name is therefore a political fiction as much as a monetary instrument — issued to project legitimacy that no longer existed on the ground.