20 Qirsh - Mahmud II

Mahmud II's Egyptian coinage of this period reflects the awkward administrative reality of a province that was, functionally, running itself. Muhammad Ali had by the late 1830s built an independent army, a nascent industrial base, and a mint at Misr operating largely outside Istanbul's direct control — the sultan's name appeared on these coins as a formality the Ottomans insisted upon and Muhammad Ali tolerated.

The timing is pointed: 1836–1839 ends the year before Mahmud II died, his empire having just suffered a catastrophic military defeat to Muhammad Ali's son Ibrahim Pasha at Nezib.