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Tanka of Timur with Overlord Mahmud
View through Harvard Museums
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Derek Warden 2003 2003. Purchased at Bay State Coin Show
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of David Gordon Mitten in honor of Professor David J. Roxburgh.
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Sultan Mahmud I
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Copper Dirham of Nasr al-Din Artuq Arslan, minted at Mardin
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Obv.: In center of linear circle, ruler, nimbate seated cross-legged, in his left hand an orb; stars in upper left and upper right field.
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