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Tanka - Muhammad Jahangir and Khalil-Sultan Samarqand mint
| Issuer | Timurid Empire |
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| Year | 1406-1408 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Struck during an exceptionally turbulent interregnum: Muhammad Jahangir was the son of Timur (Tamerlane), who had died in February 1405 while marching toward China. What followed was a fratricidal succession war among Timur's sons and grandsons. Khalil-Sultan, Jahangir's own son, seized Samarqand almost immediately and effectively sidelined his father — making a joint issue bearing both names a politically fraught document of an unstable co-existence rather than a straightforward dynastic declaration.
Khalil-Sultan's control of Samarqand lasted only until 1409, when Shah Rukh displaced him. The two-year window for this type is narrow, and the Samarqand mint attribution is secure.