Timurid, Shah Rukh, AH 841, AR Tanka, Herat mint (AH 807-850 /1405-1447 AD)

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Timurid, Shah Rukh, AH 841, AR Tanka, Herat mint (AH 807-850/1405-1447 AD)
Weight: 4.15 gm
Diameter: 20 mm
Obverse (Left photo):
Field: within square, Kalima:
لا اله الا  , La Ilah Illa
الله محمد  , Allah Muhammad
رسول الله  , Rasul Allah
Margin: around 4 sides of the square, the names of the four Rightly-Guided Caliphs Rightly Guided Caliphs (Rashidun):
Top: ابو بكر  , Abu Bakr
Left: عمر  , Omar
Bottom:  عثمان , Uthman
Right: على  , Ali
Reverse (Right photo): from top, reads:
ضرب  , zarb
السلطان الاعظم  , al-Sultan al-'Azam
شاه رخ بهادر خلد الله  , Shah Rukh bahadur khallada Allah
ملكه  ,  mulkahu
هراة  ۸۴۱ ,  Herat 841
Shah Rukh (شاهرخ‎) was the ruler of the Timurid Empire between 1405 and 1447. He was the son of the Central Asian conqueror Timur (Tamerlane), who founded the Timurid dynasty in 1370.

Maythem

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I find the coins of the Timurid dynasty a bit of a challenge, with the exception of those of Amir Timur and his son, Shah Rukh. The dynasty is complicated, due to family infighting for the throne, the state was decaying relatively quickly, probably one reason why the coins of later rulers are sloppily struck.

Surprisingly - at least for me - MWI is still the best catalogue of these coins I could find.

Peter

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Thank you Peter for the information; Shah Rukh coins are not easy to find around here. There are Persian coins with the name Shahrukh Shah Afshar (AH 1161-1210/1748-1796 AD)(Afsharid dynasty).

Maythem