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2 Falus - Mirza Muhammad Baqi Tarkhan Tatta
| Issuer | Tarkhan dynasty |
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| Year | 1567-1585 |
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| Weight | 4.66 g |
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| Obverse description | Crude hammered copper flan with heavily worn and irregular surfaces typical of Tarkhan provincial coinage. The obverse displays what appears to be a stylized Arabic or Sindhi inscription or device struck in low relief within a plain field, the legend largely illegible due to the rough flan and heavy wear. The striking is off-center, consistent with hand-hammered production at the Tatta mint. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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The Tarkhan rulers of Sind operated in a peculiar political limbo — nominally Mughal vassals after Akbar's campaigns in the region, yet striking their own copper coinage as though autonomous. Mirza Muhammad Baqi, who governed Tatta from roughly 1567 until his death, maintained this studied ambiguity throughout his tenure, issuing local falus for bazaar circulation in a city that remained one of the subcontinent's busiest entrepôts despite its subordinate status.
Copper falus of this type rarely survive in collectible condition; Tatta's humid Indus delta climate was particularly unkind to base metal coinage in circulation.