2025-10-16 Thu

Malwa Sultan Ghiyath Shah issued square gold tankas in three weight standards: Double Tanka (21.9g), Tanka (11g), and Half-Tanka (5.2g).

Square gold tankas were issued in two varieties with different legend placements.

The obverse of the coins bears the legend "Al-Wathiq Bi'l Malik Al-Multaji Abul Fath Ghiyath Shah," and the reverse bears the legend "Bin Mahmud Shah Al-Khalji Al-Sultan Khallada Mulkahu."

On one variety, "Abul Fath" is placed to the right of "Ghiyath Shah," and on the other, "Abul Fath" is placed above "Ghiyath Shah".

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