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1 Tanka - Ala al-Din Mahmud Shah I
| Issuer | Sultanate of Malwa |
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| Year | 1465-1471 |
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| Currency | Tanka (1401-1562) |
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| Obverse description | Square hammered billon flan bearing a three-line Arabic legend distributed across the field. The inscription reads 'Mahmud Shah / ibn Muhammad Shah / al-Khalji al-Sultan' in bold, somewhat irregularly struck Naskh-style script. The lettering fills the available square space with characteristic dot diacriticals visible between lines. The flan exhibits the typical uneven surface associated with medieval Indian hammered coinage, with slightly rounded corners and a granular texture in the fields. |
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| Obverse lettering | محمود شاه بن محمد شاه الخلجي السلطان |
| Reverse description | Square hammered flan with a two-line Arabic legend occupying the central field. The inscription reads 'al-Sultan al-A'zam / Abu al-Fath' in boldly struck Naskh-style script, conveying the royal titles 'The Supreme Sultan, Father of Victory.' The lettering is broadly spaced across the square flan, with characteristic diacritical marks and ligatures typical of Malwa Sultanate coinage. The surface shows the irregular strike and flow lines common to billon issues of this series. |
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