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1 Tanka - Mahmud Shah II
| Issuer | Sultanate of Malwa |
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| Year | 1510-1518 |
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| Value | 1 Tanka |
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| Obverse description | Square hammered flan bearing multi-line Arabic inscription in bold Naskh script, divided horizontally by a raised linear border. The upper register contains the regnal formula referencing the sultan's lineage, while the lower register carries the AH date 923 along with the epithet 'bin Nasir Shah al-Khalji al-Sultan.' The legends are densely arranged to fill the field, with residual portions of the inscription extending into the margins of the irregular flan. The script is deeply struck with characteristic Malwa Sultanate calligraphic style. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Mahmud Shah II inherited the Malwa Sultanate at a moment of acute political fracture. His reign coincided with the final collapse of Malwa's independence — the sultanate fell to Gujarat in 1531, just years after this coin's issue window closed. By 1510, the Khalji dynasty that had ruled Malwa since 1436 was already dependent on external alliances to survive, and the silver coinage of this period reflects continued administrative ambition even as territorial control eroded.
GG#M160 places this squarely within the late Khalji sequence. The tanka weight standard held reasonably firm through Mahmud's reign despite the political instability surrounding it.