Timurid, AR tanka, Shah Mahmud, Astarabad, 862AH

Timurid. Shah Mahmud (861-863AH)

AR tanka (4.81 g, 21 – 22.5 mm)

Shah Mahmud (861–863AH / 1457–1459AD) lesser-known Timurid prince who briefly ruled during a particularly unstable period in the Timurid Empire, marked by internal divisions and succession struggles following the fragmentation after Shah Rukh’s death

During the mid-15th century, the Timurid Empire was fragmented, with several princes vying for control of key cities like Herat, Samarkand, and Mashhad. Shah Mahmud emerged as one such figure amid this chaos but did not hold power long or over a stable domain

Mint Astarabad

Date 862AH

AU. RARE

References: Z-157744 (this coin)

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