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1 Tanka - Nasir Al Din Mahmud Shah
| Issuer | Bengal Sultanate |
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| Year | 1435-1459 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Reverse field filled entirely with multi-line Arabic legend in naskh script, disposed in horizontal registers across the flan. The inscription contains the Shahada or pious formulae customary on Bengal Sultanate tankas, invoking divine sanction for the ruler's authority. The script is bold and deeply struck in the central zone, with characteristic attenuation of the legends toward the uneven, clipped edges of the hammered flan. No mint name or regnal date is present, consistent with the undated issues of Nasir al-Din Mahmud Shah. |
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Nasir al-Din Mahmud Shah III ruled Bengal for over two decades, a reign marked by relative internal stability that allowed the sultanate's mint infrastructure to function consistently — which is precisely why his tankas appear with some regularity in the numismatic record. Bengal's silver coinage of this period drew on supplies routed through trade networks connecting the delta region to mines further north and west, and the tanka weight standard had by this point been well-established through successive sultanate administrations.
GG#B423 die varieties are documented with minor calligraphic differences in the mint name field.