Tanka

This term has 102 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Object name

Broader Terms used

<Oriental coin denominations>

Narrower Terms used

1/3 tanka
Double Tanka
Half Tanka
One & a half Tanka
One and one quarter Tanka
One quarter Tanka
One twelfth Tanka
Three quarter Tanka
Three quarter Tanka/Dam

Term used for

tanka (coin)
tankah
tankas (coins)

Equivalent Terms used

Adli
Tanka/Adli

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Tanka

Maker(s)

Ruler: 'Abd Allah II (Shaybanid sultan)

Tanka

Maker(s)

Ruler: 'Abd Allah II (Shaybanid sultan)

An image of Tanka

Tanka

Maker(s)

Ruler: Sikandar Lodi (1488-1517)
Mint: Delhi (Inferred)

An image of Tanka

Tanka

Maker(s)

Ruler: Muhammad bin Tughluq (1325-51)
Mint: Delhi (Inferred)

An image of Tanka

Tanka

Maker(s)

Ruler: Shams. Ilyas (1339-58)
Mint: Firuzabad
Mint: Firozabad

An image of Tanka

Tanka

Maker(s)

Ruler: Muhammad bin Tughluq (1325-51)

Part of a systematic collection of 972 East Asian coins and amulets:

One of forty-five Islamic and Indian coins:

Maker(s)

Mint: Kabul
Ruler: Humayan (1530-56)

One of forty-five Islamic and Indian coins:

Maker(s)

Ruler: Babur (1525-30)

One of five coins of India:

Maker(s)

Mint: Qunduz
Ruler: Sulaiman Mirza (1529-84) (Governor of Badakhshan)

One of forty-five Islamic and Indian coins:

Maker(s)

Mint: Lahore
Ruler: Humayan (1530-56)

Mughals, ten AR tankahs: Humayun (1530-56)

Maker(s)

Mint: Lahore
Ruler: Humayan (1530-56)

One of forty-five Islamic and Indian coins:

Maker(s)

Ruler: Babur (1525-30)

Mughals, ten AR tankahs: Babur (1525-30)

Maker(s)

Ruler: Babur (1525-30)

One of forty-five Islamic and Indian coins:

Maker(s)

Mint: Agra
Ruler: Humayan (1530-56)

Mughals, ten AR tankahs: Babur (1525-30)

Maker(s)

Ruler: Babur (1525-30)

One of forty-five Islamic and Indian coins:

Maker(s)

Ruler: Humayan (1530-56)

Mughals, ten AR tankahs: Babur (1525-30)

Maker(s)

Mint: Kabul (Possibly)
Ruler: Babur (1525-30)

One of forty-five Islamic and Indian coins:

Maker(s)

Mint: Agra
Ruler: Humayan (1530-56)

Mughals, ten AR tankahs: Babur (1525-30)

Maker(s)

Mint: Kabul
Ruler: Babur (1525-30)

One of forty-five Islamic and Indian coins:

Maker(s)

Ruler: Babur (1525-30)

An image of Tanka

Tanka

Maker(s)

Ruler: Muhammad Shaybani (1500-10)
Mint: Herat

An image of Tanka

Tanka

Maker(s)

Ruler: Husayn (1459-60, 1461-64, 1469-1506)
Mint: Herat

An image of Tanka

Tanka

Maker(s)

Ruler: Shahrukh (1748-50, 1750-55, 1755-96)
Mint: Kirman

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