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1 Tanka - Khidr Khan
| Issuer | Delhi Sultanate |
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| Year | 1414-1415 |
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| Currency | Tanka (1206-1526) |
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| Obverse description | Epigraphic type with no figurative imagery, the field occupied entirely by a three-line Arabic inscription arranged horizontally within a plain circular border. The legends are struck in bold naskh script characteristic of early Sayyid dynasty coinage, reading 'fi ahd / al-sultan / al-a'zam' (in the reign of / the Sultan / the Most Exalted). The die work is typical of hammered billon tanka production at the Delhi mint, with slightly uneven strike and natural flan irregularities at the periphery. |
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| Obverse lettering | في عهد السلطان الاعظم |
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Khidr Khan founded the Sayyid dynasty in 1414 after serving as Timur's governor of Multan and Lahore, but he never styled himself sultan — he ruled nominally as a deputy of the Timurid court in Samarkand, which is why coinage from his reign is struck in the name of the Timurid ruler Shah Rukh rather than his own. This political subordination was not mere ceremony; it reflected the genuine fragility of his hold on Delhi following the devastation Timur's 1398 sack had inflicted on the city and its treasury.
Billon issues from this period reflect that impoverishment directly — silver content was severely debased from earlier Tughluq standards.