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Falus - Nasir al-Din Mahmud Shah AH843-863 1440-1458AD
| Issuer | Jaunpur Sultanate (Sharqi Dynasty) |
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| Year | 1440-1461 |
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| Currency | Tanka (1394-1479) |
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| Obverse description | Hammered copper flan bearing a multi-line Arabic legend in the field, reading 'Mahmud Shah bin Ibrahim Shah Sultani Khuldat Mamlakatahu', attributing the coin to Sultan Nasir al-Din Mahmud Shah of the Jaunpur Sultanate, son of Ibrahim Shah. The inscription is rendered in bold Naskh-style Arabic script arranged in stacked horizontal registers across the coin's surface. The field is irregular and slightly convex, typical of hammered coinage of the Sharqi dynasty. A regnal date of AH 850 (1446-1447 AD), expressed in Eastern Arabic numerals, appears on the reverse. The legends fill the flan to its edges with no formal border or decorative framing. |
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| Obverse lettering | محمود شاه بن ابراهيم شاه سلطاني خلدت مملكته |
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The Sharqi sultans of Jaunpur represent one of the more tenacious of the post-Tughluq successor states — controlling a substantial stretch of the Gangetic plain for over a century after Delhi's fragmentation following Timur's 1398 sack. Nasir al-Din Mahmud Shah ruled during a period of sustained military friction with the Lodi sultans of Delhi, a rivalry that would eventually destroy the dynasty entirely under his successors.
Jaunpur copper falus from this reign are poorly documented in Western collections, with GG attribution remaining the primary reference point for most dealers.