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Tanka - Timur with Mahmud Khan Salmas mint
| Issuer | Timurid Empire |
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| Year | 1391-1397 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse lettering | السلطان الاعظم تيمور كركان ضرب سالماس |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Timur never claimed the title of khan — he ruled as amir, always requiring a Chinggisid figurehead to legitimize authority under the steppe tradition of rule by Genghisid descent. Mahmud Khan, a puppet of the Chagatai line, filled that role from roughly 1392 onward, and his name appears on coinage precisely because Timur's did not carry sufficient dynastic weight alone. The pairing is a direct artifact of political theater: conquest backed by borrowed legitimacy.
Salmas, in northwestern Iran near Lake Urmia, came under Timurid control during the campaigns against the Jalayirids and Kara Koyunlu in this period.