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1 Tanka - Fakhr-ud-din bin Muhammad Tughluq

Issuer Delhi Sultanate
Year 1325-1351
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Shape Round (irregular)
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Obverse description Multi-line Arabic inscription contained within a six-foil (hexafoil) cartouche, invoking the name of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Hakim II as a mark of legitimacy. The calligraphic legends are executed in a bold, angular Naskh script typical of Tughluq-era coinage. The field between the lobes of the hexafoil border is plain. The flan is irregular and slightly ragged at the rim, characteristic of hammered billon issues of the Delhi Sultanate.
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Obverse lettering باسم الخليفة الحاكم
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Fakhr-ud-din was a regional rebel governor who briefly controlled Bengal and struck coins in his own name during the mid-14th century, exploiting the instability that plagued Muhammad bin Tughluq's reign — a sultanate so administratively overstretched that provincial breakaways became almost routine. The billon composition reflects Bengal's chronic silver shortage during this period, not a central mint decision.

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