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The Sultanate of Madura was a short-lived sultanate in southern Tamil Nadu. The area had been made the southernmost province of the Delhi Sultanate by Muhammad bin
Tughluq around 1330, but the huge distance from Delhi made controlling the province almost impossible and quite soon the appointed governor declared himself the sultan and
took tha name Ahsan Shah in 1334. The sultanate, however, did not last even 50 years as it was conquered in 1378 by Bukka Raya I of the newly emerging Vijayanagar
empire.
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Jalal al-Din Ahsan Shah (1334-39) |
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Jalal al-Din Ahsan Shah (1334-39) Silver 24-gani (1/3 tanka)
Weight: 3.57 gm., Diameter: 14 mm., Die Axis: 12 o'clock
Legend: shah ahsan, followed by (AH) date 739 (= 1338-39 CE) /
Legend: al-husaini
Ref: Goron-Goenka MD 3 |
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Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad Damghan Shah (1340-44) |
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Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad Damghan Shah (1340-44) Silver or Billon jital
Weight: 3.52 gm., Diameter: 15 mm., Die Axis: 12 o'clock
Legend in central circle: muhammad damghan shah,
AH date 742 (= 1341-42 CE) written out in circular margin /
Legend: al-sultan al-a'zam ghiyath al-dunya wa'l din
Ref: Goron-Goenka MD15, Rajgor 2934 |
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Nasir al-Din Mahmud Damghan Shah (1344-47) |
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Nasir al-Din Mahmud Damghan Shah (1344-47) Silver or Billon jital
Weight: 3.53 gm., Diameter: 15 mm., Die Axis: 8 o'clock
Legend in central circle: nasir al-dunya wa'l din,
AH date 745 (= 1344-45 CE) written out in circular margin /
Legend: muhammad ghazi damghan shah al-sultan
Ref: Goron-Goenka MD18, Rajgor 2941 |
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