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1 Tanka - Shams al-Din Muhammad Shah III Muhammadabad
| Issuer | Sultanate of Bahmani (Indian Sultanates) |
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| Year | 1464-1475 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central field bearing a multi-line Arabic inscription in Naskh script reading the royal epithet and laqab of the sultan: 'al-Mu'tasim Billah Abu'l-Muzaffar Shams al-Dunya wa'l-Din'. The legend is disposed across the field in the characteristic hammered style of Bahmani gold coinage, with no border decoration. The inscription identifies the ruler by his regnal titles invoking divine protection and solar glory. |
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| Obverse lettering | المعتصم بالله أبو المظفر شمس الدنيا والدين |
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Muhammad Shah III ruled the Bahmani Sultanate during one of its most expansive phases — his reign saw the rise of Mahmud Gawan as chief minister, whose administrative reforms and military campaigns pushed Bahmani power deeper into the Deccan than it had ever reached. The gold tanka issues of this period reflect a solvent treasury flush from tribute extracted after the decisive defeat of Vijayanagara at the Battle of Rakshasa-Tangadi's predecessor engagements in the 1470s.
Muhammadabad was the mint name applied to Bidar after the Bahmanis relocated their capital there from Gulbarga in 1432.