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Copper - 10.3gms - Tanka I have shared whatever images I have of coins of Malwa Sultans. Thanks for your support. 
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Stumbled on this post the other day and found it very informative. I have attached a picture of a coin that I am having a hard time identifying. It looks a lot like a Malwa 1/2 Tangka and seems most similar to that of Mahmud II, but there are a number of discrepancies. Am not sure if it is a mint mark issue or something more than that. Thoughts appreciated!   |
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Congratulations! You have done an excellent job. It is Mahmud-II (916-937.AH) for sure. The date 917.AH is clearly seen on the bottom left corner of the upper image you posted. That fixes it. Shall try to annotate the picture shortly. Thanks
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05/01/2012 11:47 pm
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I have tried to annotate the coin as far as I can. Along with that I have posted image of a coin from my cabinet for your reference. This one is also posted on page no. 4 of this thread (Coin ID.No. Mal# 071- seen on the top left corner of the image). That is an issue of 918.AH.   |
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@drnsreedhar, thank you for your help and in particular the annotations. I did see your coin on the earlier posting, but was thrown off by the different symbol in the middle left of the right image. Your coin has a flower like shape, while mine appear to have what looks like a "w" with a line above it...
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Such minor variations are common. They signify only mint dates or masters.The symbol like "w" with a stroke above has been documented for silver coins of years 923 and 924.AH. That mark might have skipped documentation for the year 917.AH. You can have the reference in "The coins of the Indian Sultanates" by Goron and Goenka.
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Ranas of Mewar used to issue square coins for Malwa in the last few decades of fifteenth until it was annexed by Akbar to the Mughal Empire. Rana Sanga, Rana Vikramaditya and Rana Banbir etc are some of them. The coin given below belongs to that group but a precise attribution is still beyond me.
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Adding a few more new finds.One small coin of Mahmud shah-I   |
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Thank you drnsreedhar for continuing on with this great thread.
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Thank you Bacchus2 for the post and the encouraging comments. I have added a few more coins to my Malwa section of collection. I will be posting them shortly. There are some additional information on some of the already posted ones. Shall be sharing that too. Regards..
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Please take a look at this coin  This coin was issued in 875AH as sultan. He had been issuing coins as heir apparent from 860-873AH, prior to becoming sultan.  Edited by drnsreedhar
08/29/2019 04:47 am
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Another issue of Mahmud-III bin Lathif shah of Gujarat. Here the date is a challenge. Mahmud had Malwa in hand from 944AH to 949AH. The date on this coin does not suit this period in any way. But the legend is an exact match!A funny part is that the obverse is a mule of Bahadur shah coins' obverse.   Edited by drnsreedhar
09/01/2019 3:01 pm
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Another coin of Mahmud shah-III bin Lathif shah of Gujarat during Malwa occupation.   |
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A Malwa coin in the name of Bahadur shah of Gujarat. The date is 944.AH, but Bahadur period ended in 943. In all probabilities this must be a posthumous issue that came from Malwa due to a delay in the news reaching mints of Malwa.   |
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