⅙ Tanka - Qutb al-Din Bahadur Shah

Qutb al-Din Bahadur Shah ruled Gujarat from 1526 until his death fighting the Portuguese at Diu in 1537, one of the few Indian rulers of the period to die personally in battle against European forces. His reign coincided with the Mughal invasion under Babur, which forced Bahadur into a series of politically costly accommodations. The fractional tanka denominations of his coinage are thought to reflect the practical demands of a sultanate economy under sustained military pressure — smaller silver units circulating where larger denominations were being hoarded or melted.