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1 Jital - Firuz Shah
| Issuer | Delhi Sultanate |
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| Year | 1351-1388 |
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| Value | 1 Jital (1⁄48) |
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| Reverse description | Irregularly shaped hammered copper flan with a two-line Arabic legend filling the central field. The inscription reads 'bin Rajab' (بن رجب), a formulaic patronymic reference appearing on the reverses of Firuz Shah Tughluq's copper jitals. The script is rendered in a bold cursive style consistent with mid-fourteenth-century Delhi Sultanate coinage. The field is plain with no border, and the rough, uneven flan edge is typical of hammered production of this period. |
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| Edge | Rough |
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Firuz Shah Tughlaq's reign produced one of the most administratively documented periods of the Delhi Sultanate, yet his copper coinage remains poorly studied relative to his silver and gold issues. He is known to have established a dedicated mint infrastructure and introduced welfare reforms that required sustained revenue management — the proliferation of small copper jitals served the local bazaar economy that silver tanka denominations could not efficiently reach. DR#493 sits in a series where die axis variation and flan irregularity are common enough to be considered normative rather than exceptional.