Specimen record
tim-022
Tim-022 Timurid Dynasty, Shahrukh (AH 807-850 / AD 1405-1447). Silver tanka (5.11 gm, 21.65 mm), type B.1, Astarabad, AH 841 = AD 1437/8. Album 2405.
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tim-022
House record
This specimen
- Inventory no.
- tim-022
- Weight
- 5.11 g
- Diameter
- 21.65 mm
Type (catalogue)
- Dynasty
- Timurid Dynasty
- Ruler
- Shahrukh
- Reign
- AH 807–850 / AD 1405–1447
- Metal
- Silver
- Denomination
- Tanka
- Type
- Type B.1
- Mint
- Astarabad
- AH
- 841
- AD
- 1437/8
- References
- Album 2405
Obverse
Within a square, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic); in the margin, the names of the four Rashidun Caliphs in Arabic, ‘Abūbakr / ʿUmar / [ʿUthmān] / ʿAlī’.
Reverse
Within a central circle, ‘ḍarb / Astarābād / 841’ (‘Struck in Astarabad, 841’ in Arabic); around, ‘al-sulṭān al-aʿẓam Shāhrukh Bahādur khallada Allāh taʿālā mulkahū’ (‘The supreme Sultan Shahrukh Bahadur. May Allah, the Exalted, perpetuate his kingdom’ in Arabic).
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