INDIA, Islamic Sultanates. Bahmani. temp. Taj al-Din Firuz Shah. AH 800-825 / AD 1397-1422. AR Half Tanka (21mm, 5.45 g, 6h). Ceremonial issue citing his son, Hasan as Shah. Undated, but struck circa AH 818 (AD 1415/6).

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INDIA, Islamic Sultanates. Bahmani. temp. Taj al-Din Firuz Shah. AH 800-825 / AD 1397-1422. AR Half Tanka (21mm, 5.45 g, 6h). Ceremonial issue citing his son, Hasan as Shah. Undated, but struck circa AH 818 (AD 1415/6). Hasan Shah bin Firuz Shah in four lines / daulat wa din ra panah (shelter state and religion) in three lines. Zeno 283503; otherwise unpublished. Toned, traces of deposits, ink, and lacquer. EF. Unique.

From the Zeno website:

[When] Firuz Shah began his reign in 1397AD, he appointed his brother Ahmad Shah as Khan-i-Khanan and ... presumptive heir. Contemporary historians record that in AH818/1415-16, Firuz appointed his son Hasan Khan as the Crown Prince and conferred on him all the emblems of Royalty and entitled him as Hasan Shah and made all who were of any account to pay him homage. This coin proves that Hasan Shah was also conferred the right to strike coins in his name. Known history and all major catalogues show that after Firuz Shah his brother Ahmed minted the coins and there is no record of Hasan Shah, son of Firuz Shah minting coins. This unique coin is of great historical significance as it proves that Hasan Shah did issue coins and needs to be noted as ruler /co-ruler in the Bahmani Annals. [Further, it] is quite likely that it was struck as nazarana on the occasion of the enthronement of Hasan Khan as Crown Prince and entitlement as Hasan Shah. The fact that this specimen is hitherto unique indicates that only a few were issued and there were presumably no further coins struck in the name of Hasan.

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