1 Tanka - Firuz Shah Tughluq Hadrat Dehli

1 Tanka - Firuz Shah Tughluq (Hadrat Dehli) - obverse1 Tanka - Firuz Shah Tughluq (Hadrat Dehli) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Sultanate of Delhi (Indian Sultanates)
Sultan Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1351-1388)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 784-790 (1382-1388)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Value 1 Tanka
Currency Tanka (1206-1526)
Composition Billon (80 rati)
Weight 9.05 g
Diameter 17 mm
Thickness 5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
130167
References GG# D476,
Stan Goron, J. P. Goenka; 2001. The Coins of the Indian Sultanates : Covering the Area of Present-day India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, New Delhi, India.
Mitch WI# 2606,
Michael Mitchiner; 1977. Oriental Coins and Their Values / Volume 1. The World of Islam. Hawkins Publications, London, United Kingdom.
Val CCI# 279
William H. Valentine; 1914. The Copper Coins of India / Part 1. Bengal and the United Provinces. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Firuz shah sultani darabat bi-hadrat dehli

Script: Arabic

Reverse

Issued with the name of the Caliph Abu `Abd Allah al-Mutawakkil I
`Al-khalifat abu `abd allah khulidat khilafatuhu'

Script: Arabic

Edge

Plain

Mint

Delhi, India

Comments

Similar to GG# D473, D474 & D474, except this with the name of the Caliph (see Reverse description above).
The above Billon coins were issued for many years after the death of Firuz Tughluq.

History
Sultan Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1309 – 20 September 1388) was a Muslim ruler from the Tughlaq dynasty, who reigned over the Sultanate of Delhi from 1351 to 1388 CE (AH 752-790). His father's name was Rajab (the younger brother of Ghazi Malik) who had the title Sipahsalar. His mother Naila, a Hindu woman, was a Bhati rajput from Dipalpur, which is now in the Punjab region of Pakistan.

Coinage
A majority of Firuz Tughluq's coinage was in billon and copper. In billon the main denominations are Tanka of 80 rati and 32 rati coins. There are also denominations of 48 and 24 rati, and a small, very rare type probably intended as a Jital. For most of his reign, the name of the reigning Abbasid Caliph was included on the coins (as in this one). Firuz Shah's billon and copper coins were so popular that they continued to be struck long after his death, with posthumous dates. The main mint was Dehli (Hadrat and Dar al-Mulk) and a rare billon issued at Shat-i-Sind.
[Source: Goron & Goenka]

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
784 (1382) 
ND (1382-1388) 
785 (1383) 
786 (1384) 
787 (1385) 
788 (1386) 
789 (1387) 
790 (1388) 

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