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1 Tanka - Wali Muhammad Khan
| Issuer | Janid dynasty (Bukhara) |
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| Year | 1605-1618 |
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| Value | 1 Tanka |
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| Obverse description | Central square cartouche containing a multi-line Arabic inscription incorporating the name and titles of the ruler Wali Muhammad Khan, executed in dense naskh script. The cartouche is framed by additional marginal legends in the field surrounding it, rendered in a similarly compact calligraphic style typical of Central Asian Janid coinage. The flan is irregular and slightly ragged at the edges, consistent with hand-hammered production. The field outside the cartouche displays a granular, darkly toned silver surface characteristic of Bukharan tankas of this period. |
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| Reverse description | Central cartouche bearing the Kalima (Islamic declaration of faith) in multiple lines of Arabic naskh script, a standard devotional formula on Janid silver coinage. The inscription is densely composed within the cartouche, with marginal legends encircling the central device in the surrounding field. The overall layout conforms to the established typology of Bukharan tankas, with the shahada presented as the primary reverse type. The irregular flan and characteristic hammered relief are consistent across both sides of the coin. |
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The Janid dynasty — also called the Astrakhanids — displaced the Shaybanids in Transoxiana around 1599, and Wali Muhammad Khan's reign (1605–1611) was an early and unstable chapter in that succession. He was eventually deposed and killed by his own nephew, Imam Quli Khan, who went on to consolidate Bukharan power far more effectively. Coins attributable to the transitional 1605–1618 window therefore span at least two rulers, and attribution to Wali Muhammad specifically requires careful reading of the mint and regnal formula.
Album A3014 encompasses a broad grouping, and die-to-die variation within this type is substantial.