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Tanka - Darwish Ahmad Ruler at Balkh and Bukhara
| Issuer | Shaybanid Local Issuers (Bukhara) |
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| Year | 1573-1579 |
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| Value | Tanka (1) |
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| Obverse description | Arabic-script legend densely filling the flan, executed in a bold nasta'liq hand. The inscription, comprising multiple lines of religious and royal titulature, is set within a ruled square cartouche occupying the central field. Marginal legends in the surrounding field continue the text, wrapping around the cartouche on all sides. The flan is irregular in shape, characteristic of hand-struck Central Asian silver coinage of the Shaybanid period, with the die showing strong but slightly off-center strike. |
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| Reverse description | Central field occupied by a multi-line Arabic-script inscription contained within a ruled square cartouche, consistent with Shaybanid tanka typology. The legend, rendered in nasta'liq script, carries the ruler's name and titles together with religious formulae. A marginal inscription encircles the cartouche in the surrounding field, partially visible at the flan edges due to the irregular strike. The surfaces display the characteristic flat, hammered texture of Central Asian silver coinage of the late sixteenth century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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