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| Issuer | Sultanate of Gujarat |
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| Year | 1512-1526 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Edge | Rough |
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Muzaffar Shah II ruled Gujarat at a moment of acute external pressure — the Portuguese had destroyed the combined Gujarat-Egyptian fleet at the Battle of Diu in 1509, fundamentally disrupting the sultanate's control over western Indian Ocean trade routes. The copper fractional coinage of his reign reflects a functioning internal economy even as maritime revenues collapsed. The 1½ falus denomination is an unusual subdivision, suggesting active price calibration in local markets rather than simple binary fractions.