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1 Tanka - Muizz al-Din Kaiqubad
| Issuer | Delhi Sultanate |
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| Year | 1287-1290 |
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| Currency | Tanka (1206-1526) |
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| Obverse description | Hammered silver tanka struck in a broadly circular, irregular flan. The obverse field is entirely occupied by a multi-line Arabic inscription in bold Naskh script, arranged horizontally across the face without a central motif. The legend reads the full royal titulature of Sultan Muizz al-Din Kaiqubad, identifying him as the supreme sultan, pride of the world and the faith, and son of victory. No decorative border is present beyond the natural edge of the flan, and die-shift marks and flow lines typical of hand-struck medieval Indian coinage are visible in the field. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Kaiqubad's reign lasted barely three years, ended when his own commanders had him strangled and replaced with his infant son Kayumarth — who survived only months before Jalal ud-Din Khalji seized the throne and ended the Slave Dynasty entirely. The tanka issued under Kaiqubad thus sits within one of the most compressed and violent successions in Sultanate history.
His coinage is notable for continuing the weight standard and mint conventions established by Balban, his grandfather, even as the political structure Balban had built was visibly collapsing around him.