Bengal Sultanate (1203-1576) 1433-1459 Unlisted silver tanka of Mahmud , NM, ND, Bengal Sultanate, India (B-450 var)

Nasir al-dunya wa'l din / abu'l muzaffar / Mahmud Shah / al-Sultan // Nasir al-Islam / wa al-muslimin / khalad mulkahu. 24mm, 10.75 grams. NM, ND. G/G #450 var.

Very crude issue without a date or mint. High quality example, with very little wear and nearly complete inscriptions. This type is known in gold (G/G 450) (possibly the same dies were used), but not in silver. It is unlisted for silver in the standard references. Interesting and unique silver tanka. 

The Bengal Sultanate was an independent Muslim kingdom that ruled much of Bengal from the mid-14th to the late 16th century, emerging when regional governors broke away from the weakening Delhi Sultanate. Founded by Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah, it unified Bengal and developed into a prosperous trading state with strong links to the Middle East and Southeast Asia. The sultanate was known for its cultural blending of Islamic and local Bengali traditions, reflected in its architecture and coinage. It reached its height under rulers like Alauddin Husain Shah, before gradually weakening due to internal strife and external threats, eventually being absorbed into the expanding Mughal Empire under Akbar in the late 1500s.

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