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1 Tanka - Sa'id Khan
| Issuer | Yarkand Khanate |
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| Year | 1516 |
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| Value | 1 Tanka |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents an equally dense field of Arabic calligraphic text in naskh script, arranged in concentric registers across the irregular flan. A central legend panel contains the Shahada or dynastic formula, with the word 'Allah' prominently legible in the upper field. Surrounding marginal legends, partially off-flan due to the irregular planchet, carry additional titles or Quranic phrases typical of Chagatai Khanate coinage. The strike is characteristic of hand-hammered production, resulting in uneven relief and slight doubling at the edges. |
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| Edge | Plain. |
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Sa'id Khan founded the Yarkand Khanate in 1514 after seizing Kashgar and establishing the last significant Chagatai successor state in the Tarim Basin. This tanka would have been struck within the first two years of his reign, making it among the earliest coinage issued under his authority. The Yarkand mints were producing silver at a moment when Sa'id Khan was still consolidating control against the Dughlat amirs who had effectively governed the region as kingmakers for generations.
A#S3009 places this squarely in the Zeno oriental coins reference system for Chagatai-successor issues — a collecting area where attribution often depends more on mint orthography than on physical type.