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1 Tanka - Shams al-dīn Ilyās
| Issuer | Sultanate of Bengal (Indian Sultanates) |
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| Year | 758 (1357) |
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| Value | 1 Tanka |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is entirely occupied by a multi-line Arabic legend struck in bold, deeply-cut Naskh script across the full field of the coin. The inscription reads the royal titulature of Sultan Shams al-Din Ilyās Shāh, identifying him as the just sultan and victorious king. The legends are arranged in horizontal registers filling the flan edge to edge, with no decorative border. Characteristic of early Bengal Sultanate coinage, the script is large and robust, with individual letterforms showing the vigorous, slightly irregular quality typical of hand-engraved hammered dies. The flat, undecorated field emphasizes the primacy of the calligraphic inscription as the sole design element. |
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| Obverse lettering | al-sulṭān al-'ādil shams al-dunyā wa al-dīn abū al-muẕaffar ilyās shāh al-sulṭān |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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