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Yakgani - Shams-ud-din Mohammad Shah III Gulbraga
| Issuer | Bahmani Sultanate |
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| Year | 1463-1481 |
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| Weight | 16.43 g |
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| Obverse description | Bold Arabic legend in two lines across the field, executed in the characteristic bold Naskh script of the Bahmani Sultanate, attributing the coin to Sultan Muhammad Shah III Lashkari (r. 1463–1482). A horizontal dividing line separates the main legend from a lower register bearing the AH date in Arabic numerals. The flan is irregular and thick, consistent with hammered copper coinage of the Deccan sultanates, with the legends occupying nearly the entire field. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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Shams-ud-din Muhammad Shah III ruled the Bahmani Sultanate almost entirely as a figurehead — effective power rested with his prime minister Mahmud Gawan, the brilliant Persian-born administrator who expanded Bahmani territory to its greatest extent before being executed on fabricated treason charges in 1481, the same year the sultan died. The Gulbarga mint designation here is something of an anachronism by this reign; the capital had shifted to Bidar over a century earlier, though older mint identifications persisted in coinage conventions.