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1 Tanka - Nasir ud Din Ahmad Shah I
| Issuer | Sultanate of Gujarat |
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| Year | 1411-1442 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Struck by hand, the obverse bears a multi-line Arabic legend distributed across the field in the bold, angular script characteristic of early Gujarat Sultanate coinage. The inscription reads 'Nasir al-Dunya wa al-Din' (Helper of the World and the Faith), a royal epithet of Ahmad Shah I. The flan is thick and irregular, with a rough, lobulate edge typical of hammered billon issues of the period. The legends are deeply incuse in places and show characteristic die wear consistent with hand-struck production. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Ahmad Shah I founded Ahmedabad in 1411, the same year he declared Gujarat's full independence from the Tughluq-weakened Delhi Sultanate. His long reign of over thirty years gave the Gujarat mint time to develop its own coherent billon coinage tradition, distinct from the debased Delhi issues it replaced. The tanka denomination carried over in name but was recalibrated in weight and fineness under local control.