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1 Tanka - Muhammad bin Farid
| Issuer | Delhi Sultanate |
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| Year | 1434-1437 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Hammered silver tanka with densely packed Arabic inscriptions filling the entire field in multiple lines, executed in a bold Naskh-style script characteristic of late Delhi Sultanate coinage. The legends, contained within a plain circular border, include the royal titulature and the kalima profession of faith. Decorative dot ornaments are visible within the field, separating elements of the inscription. The die-struck lettering exhibits the slightly irregular, hand-engraved quality typical of medieval Indian hammered coinage. No figural imagery is present, consistent with Islamic numismatic convention. |
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| Obverse lettering | لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله |
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Muhammad bin Farid — better known by his regnal name Mubarak Shah II — ruled the Delhi Sultanate for a turbulent three years before being assassinated by his own nobles in 1434, making the precise dating of this tanka genuinely difficult; some scholars place the terminal date as late as 1437, accounting for coins struck in his name after his death during the political vacuum that followed. The Sayyid dynasty to which he belonged was never more than nominally powerful, with the real authority resting with Afghan nobles whose factional violence defined the period.