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| Issuer | Sultanate of Gujarat |
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| Year | 1458-1514 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Mintage | 862 (1458) - - 863 (1459) - - 864 (1460) - - 865 (1461) - - 866 (1462) - - 867 (1463) - - 868 (1464) - - 869 (1465) - - 870 (1466) - - 871 (1467) - - 872 (1468) - - 873 (1469) - - 874 (1470) - - 875 (1471) - - 876 (1472) - - 877 (1473) - - 878 (1474) - - 879 (1475) - - 880 (1476) - - 881 (1477) - - 882 (1478) - - 883 (1479) - - 884 (1480) - - 885 (1481) - - 886 (1481) - - 887 (1482) - - 888 (1483) - - 889 (1484) - - 890 (1485) - - 891 (1486) - - 892 (1487) - - 893 (1488) - - 894 (1489) - - 895 (1490) - - 896 (1491) - - 897 (1492) - - 898 (1493) - - 899 (1494) - - 900 (1495) - - 901 (1496) - - 902 (1497) - - 903 (1498) - - 904 (1499) - - 905 (1500) - - 906 (1501) - - 907 (1502) - - 908 (1503) - - 909 (1504) - - 910 (1505) - - 911 (1506) - - 912 (1507) - - 913 (1508) - - 914 (1509) - - 915 (1510) - - 916 (1511) - - 917 (1512) - - 918 (1513) - - 919 (1514) - - |
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Mahmud Shah I ruled Gujarat for over fifty years — one of the longest reigns of any sultan in the Deccan sultanates — and his coinage reflects a mature, stable administration that could afford fractional copper issues for everyday transactions. The half-falus denomination served the bazaar economy of Ahmedabad, which under his reign became one of the most prosperous trading cities on the subcontinent, drawing merchants from the Ottoman empire, East Africa, and Portugal alike.