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1 Tanka - Qutb-ud-Din Bahadur Shah
| Issuer | Sultanate of Gujarat |
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| Year | 1525-1537 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a bold Arabic legend arranged in two horizontal registers, separated by a raised line, all set within a plain circular border. The upper register bears the royal titulature of Sultan Qutb-ud-Din Bahadur Shah in characteristic Gujarati sultanate script style. The die-struck lettering is raised in relief against a flat field, exhibiting the typically thick, rounded forms of late medieval Indian hammered copper coinage. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, consistent with hand-struck production. |
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| Obverse lettering | قطب الدين بهادر شاه |
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Qutb-ud-Din Bahadur Shah ruled Gujarat at its territorial peak, pushing the sultanate's boundaries into Malwa and briefly threatening Mughal consolidation under Humayun, who sacked Champaner in 1535. Bahadur Shah was killed in 1537 during a confrontation with the Portuguese off Diu — boarding a Portuguese vessel under contested circumstances and either shot or drowned in the resulting violence.
Copper tankas of this reign are poorly documented in terms of mint attribution, and die-to-die variation is considerable.