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⅔ Falus - Ibrahim Adil Shah II
| Issuer | Bijapur, Sultanate of |
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| Year | 1580-1627 |
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| Value | ⅔ Falus (1⁄192) |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
| Reverse lettering | علي ابراهيم ابا بالي |
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Ibrahim Adil Shah II ruled Bijapur for nearly half a century, surviving the collapse of the Deccan Sultanate coalition after Talikota and navigating constant Mughal pressure from the north. His reign saw Bijapur reach its greatest territorial extent, absorbing Ahmadnagar piecemeal through the early seventeenth century. Fractional copper issues from this period served local bazaar trade in a region where silver was frequently drained upward into Mughal tribute demands.
The two-thirds falus denomination is unusual — most Deccani sultanates anchored their copper systems to the whole falus or its half.