Bahmanis of Gulbarga Sultanate, Muhammad Shah II, Silver Tanka (Ahsanabad)

Ruler : Muhammad Shah II
Era : (AH 780-799, 1378-1397 AD)
Denomination : Silver Tanka
Mint : Hadrat Ahsanabad
Weight :  10.92 grams
Dia :   28 mm
Reference : G&G BH51

Obverse :
Al muqtafi bi-awamir al rahman al-mustarshid billah al-mannan.

Reverse :
Al-nasir li alwiyat al-ahsan abul muzaffar muhammad shah al sultan.

Comment :
The Bahmani Sultanate was a Muslim state of the Deccan Plateau in southern India between 1347 and 1527. This kingdom occupied the Northern area Deccan region to the river Krishna. The Bahmani capital was Ahsanabad (Gulbarga) between 1347 and 1425 later on it became Muhammadabad (Bidar), Scarce.