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Shahrukhi - Babur Herat
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1504-1530 |
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| Value | 1 Tanka |
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| Obverse description | Densely inscribed field bearing bold Arabic calligraphy in the Naskh or Thuluth style, arranged within an oblique square (lozenge) cartouche set against a flat, unadorned ground. The central legend contains the ruler's name and royal titles in multiple lines, with additional inscriptions filling the outer margins of the flan. The hammered flan is irregular in outline, characteristic of Timurid-period Central Asian minting practice. The overall design is purely epigraphic, with no figural or geometric ornament. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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Babur captured Herat in 1504 and held it only briefly before Safavid pressure forced a retreat, making coins struck there under his authority among the most transient issues of any Mughal mint. The shahrukhi denomination itself was a Timurid inheritance — named for Shah Rukh, Timur's son — and Babur's continued use of it signals his deliberate positioning as a legitimate Timurid successor rather than a steppe conqueror.
Herat at this moment was arguably the most sophisticated city Babur had yet controlled, its mint long accustomed to refined striking under the Timurids.