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1 Tanka - Nasir al-din Mahmud Hadrat Dehli mint
| Issuer | Delhi Sultanate |
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| Year | 1246-1266 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field enclosed within a double-line circle with a dotted segment border in lieu of annulets; certain varieties incorporate both dots and annulets. Four lines of Arabic legend arranged vertically within the circle read: Al-Sultan Al-Azam / Nasir Al-Dunya Wa Al-Deen / Abu Al-Muzaffar Mahmud / Ibn Al-Sultan, translating as 'The Sultan, the Magnificent / Defender of the World and of the Faith / Father of the Conqueror, Mahmud / Son of the Sultan.' A marginal legend encircling the central design reads: Zarb Hazihi Al-Fizzat Bi-Hazrat Dehli Fi Sanat [year], translating as 'Was struck this silver coin at the Honourable city of Dehli in the year [date].' |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Nasir al-din Mahmud is something of an anomaly among Delhi Sultans — a ruler described by contemporaries as so personally devout that he reportedly earned his own living copying manuscripts rather than drawing on the treasury. His reign coincided with the growing dominance of his regent and father-in-law Balban, who exercised real power for most of these two decades while Mahmud occupied the throne. The Hadrat Dehli mint designation here reflects the ceremonial formulation used at the principal sultanate mint in this period.