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Tanka - Timur Muhammad Contender at Herat
| Issuer | Shaybanid Local Issuers (Bukhara) |
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| Year | 1513 |
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| Currency | Tanka |
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| Obverse description | Central square cartouche enclosing a multi-line Arabic/Persian inscription bearing the ruler's name and titles, executed in Nastaliq script. The surrounding annular field contains additional calligraphic legends, likely comprising pious formulae or further honorific titulature. The overall layout follows the standard Timurid-period die arrangement, with bold angular borders framing the central panel. The flan is irregular and slightly uneven, consistent with hand-struck hammered coinage of the period. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic/Persian (Nastaliq) |
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Timur Muhammad was one of several Shaybanid princes contending for control of Khorasan in the chaotic years following Muhammad Shaybani Khan's death at the Battle of Merv in 1510 — a defeat at the hands of Shah Ismail I that temporarily collapsed Shaybanid power across the region. Herat, the cultural capital of the Timurid world, became a flashpoint for these competing claims. Coins struck by contender princes in this period are administratively irregular; attribution to specific mints and claimants often depends on die analysis rather than explicit legend.