1 Tanka - Sikandar Shah

Sikandar Shah ruled the Sultanate of Bengal for over three decades following the death of his father Ilyas Shah, consolidating a dynasty that had broken decisively from the Delhi Sultanate in the 1340s. His reign was long enough to produce considerable die variation across the tanka series, and Goron & Goenka document at least three distinct reference points for this type alone. Bengal's silver at this period was largely sustained by trade through the Ganges delta — one of the most active commercial corridors in the medieval Islamic world.