Sultanate of Delhi 1 Tanka - Nasir al-din Mahmud, 1246 – 1266

1 Tanka - Nasir al-din Mahmud from Sultanate of Delhi. Issued from 1246 to 1266. Struck in Silver. Measures 27.01 mm and weighs 10.88 g.

Obverse

Within a circle with double line borders and dots in segment instead of annulets. Another variety have both dots and annulets. In 4 lines, from top to bottom: Al-Sultan Al-Azam / Nasir Al Dunya Wa Al-deen / Abu Al-Muzaffar Mahmud / Ibn Al-Sultan (The Sultan, The Magnificent /Defender of the World and of Faith/ Father of the Conqueror, Mahmud / Son of the Sultan) Margin: Zarb Hazihi Al-Fizzat Bi-Hazrat Dehli Fi Sanat ....... (Was Struck this Silver Coin in Hazrat (Honourable) Dehli in Year .......)

Reverse

Within a circle with double line borders and dots in segment instead of annulets. Another variety have both dots and annulets. In 3 lines, from top to bottom: Fi 'Ahd Al-Imam / Al-Must'asim Amir / Al-mu'minin (In the time of the Imam (Caliph) Al-Must'asim, Commander of the Faithful) Margin: same as obverse