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1 Tanka - Muzaffar Shah III
| Issuer | Sultanate of Gujarat |
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| Year | 1560-1573 |
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| Diameter | 17.89 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field bearing the royal title and name of Sultan Shams al-Din Muzaffar Shah III in bold Arabic script, arranged in two registers separated by a horizontal dividing line. The upper register contains the ruler's epithet, while the lower register bears the dynastic name in characteristic Gujarat Sultanate calligraphic style. The legends are deeply struck in raised relief against a flat field, typical of hammered copper coinage of the period. |
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| Mintage | 967 (1560) - - ND (1560-1573) - - 968 (1561) - - 969 (1562) - - 970 (1563) - - 971 (1564) - - 972 (1565) - - 973 (1566) - - 974 (1567) - - 975 (1568) - - 976 (1569) - - 977 (1570) - - 978 (1571) - - 979 (1572) - - 980 (1573) - - |
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Muzaffar Shah III was the last independent sultan of Gujarat, restored to the throne in 1561 after Akbar's forces withdrew, only to be deposed again when the Mughals permanently annexed the sultanate in 1572. His reign was defined almost entirely by Mughal pressure — he ruled in practice as a client king for most of this window, which makes coinage struck in his name something of a political assertion rather than a simple administrative act.
The sultanate ceased issuing independent coinage following the Mughal conquest of Ahmedabad in 1572.