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1 Tanka - Fath Khan
| Issuer | Delhi Sultanate |
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| Year | 1358-1359 |
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| Value | 1 Tanka |
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| Reverse description | Reverse field entirely occupied by a multi-line Arabic religious and caliphal legend in naskh script, arranged in horizontal registers across the hammered billon flan. The inscription invokes the Abbasid caliph Abu'l Fath al-Mu'tasid Billah, affirming the legitimacy of Fath Khan's rule within the framework of Sunni caliphal authority. The legend fills the available field with bold, slightly irregular letterforms consistent with hand-cut dies of the mid-fourteenth century. Portions of the inscription may be weakly struck or partially off-flan due to the irregular planchet. No ornamental border or decorative framing device is present. |
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| Reverse lettering | في زمان الإمام أمير المؤمنين أبي الفتح المعتضد بالله خُلِّدت خلافته |
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Fath Khan never ruled the Delhi Sultanate — he was the son of Firuz Shah Tughluq and was granted the privilege of having coins struck in his name while his father still reigned, an unusual concession within the Tughluq dynastic structure. He predeceased Firuz Shah, dying in 1374, meaning these tankas were issued for a prince who never became sultan. Billon coinage of this period reflects the broader debasement that accelerated under Firuz Shah's fiscally strained administration.