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Tanka - Timur 'Tamerlane' Shushter mint
| Issuer | Timurid Empire |
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| Year | 1370-1405 |
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| Value | 1 Tanka |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears a bold multi-line Naskh Arabic shahada inscription reading 'la ilaha illa Allah, Muhammad rasul Allah' enclosed within an octolobe cartouche. The marginal legend, running counterclockwise from the top, names the four Rightly Guided Caliphs: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali. The overall layout is characteristic of Timurid religious coinage, with the central and marginal inscriptions clearly delineated by the decorative octolobe border. Portions of the marginal legend may be weak or partially visible due to the irregular flan and hand-struck technique. |
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| Mint | Shushtar (Shuster) mint |
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Timur's coinage policy was deliberately conservative — he struck in the name of the reigning Chaghatayid khans well into his campaigns, maintaining the legal fiction of Mongol suzerainty even as he dismembered their authority in practice. The Shushter mint, located in Khuzestan, came under Timurid control following his southwestern campaigns into the former Jalayirid and Muzaffarid territories in the 1390s.
That a tanka surfaces from Shushter at all is notable. The mint was peripheral to Timur's core Central Asian operation, activated largely to monetize tribute extraction from newly absorbed Iranian provinces.