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1 Tanka - Shams al Din Muzaffar Shah III
| Issuer | Sultanate of Gujarat |
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| Year | 1561-1572 |
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| Weight | 7.16 g |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a densely inscribed field in bold Arabic calligraphy, divided into two registers by a horizontal line, with a vertical line further compartmentalizing the upper register into two sections. The legends, executed in the characteristic angular style of Gujarat Sultanate coinage, bear the royal titles and name of the issuing sultan. The script fills the flan to its margins, consistent with the hammered tanka tradition of the Gujarat Sultanate. The irregular flan edges are typical of hand-struck silver coinage of the period. No figural imagery is present, in accordance with Islamic numismatic convention. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays multi-line Arabic legends in bold, high-relief calligraphy, arranged in two registers separated by a prominent horizontal line. The upper register carries two or three words in cursive Naskh-influenced style, while the lower register bears a clearly rendered word reading 'Allah', flanked by additional textual elements. Small pellets appear in the right field as decorative or separating devices. The inscriptions proclaim the Islamic declaration of faith and/or the regnal titles of the sultan, consistent with standard Gujarat Sultanate tanka typology. The overall die work is vigorous and deeply struck, characteristic of mid-sixteenth century Gujarat mint production. |
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