Bahmani Sultans

Bahmanī Sulṭāns – Muḥammad Shāh I (AH 760-777, AD 1359-1375), Aḥsanābād Mint


sulṭān al-‘ahd wa al-zaman hāmī millat rasūl al-raḥmān (= Sulṭān of the time and the age, the defender of the faith of the prophet of the merciful one).		The inscription in a circle: muḥammad ḥasan bahmanī. Mint and date in margin.

Actual Weight (g)

12.8

Actual Diameter (mm)

~23

Composition

Gold

Catalogue

GG	Photo Link	Denomination	AH	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
BH25	√ 4222.	Dīnār	771	Bald	R 2536. K 4711	RRR
	√ 4223.	”	773	ClassNG	Date AH 778 may also exist

Bahmanī Sulṭāns – Muḥammad Shāh I (AH 760-777, AD 1359-1375)


sultan al-‘ahd wa’l zaman abū’l muẕaffar (=		muḥammad shāh al-sulṭān ibn al-sulṭān (=Muḥammad Shāh, the sulṭān, son of the sulṭān). Date below.

Actual Weight (g)

10.8

Actual Diameter (mm)

~22

Composition

Gold

Catalogue

GG	Photo Link	Denomination	AH	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
BH26	√ 4224.	Tanka	763	Bald but date not clear		RR
	√ 4224c.	”	770	SA	Ref: Album (2009), list 246, lot 78379
	√ 4225.	”	775	Ste but date not clear. SA
	4226.	”	776

Bahmanī Sulṭāns – Muḥammad Shāh I (AH 760-777, AD 1359-1375), Aḥsanābād (ḥaḍrat) Mint


sulṭān al-‘ahd wa’l zaman hāmī millat rasūl al-raḥmān (=		abū al- muẕaffar muḥammad shāh bin bahman shāh al-sulṭān (= Father of the victorious, Muḥammad Shāh son of Bahman Shāh, the sulṭān). Mint and date in margin.

Actual Weight (g)

10.8-11.0

Actual Diameter (mm)

~27

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

GG	Photo Link	Denomination	AH	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
BH27	√ 4227.	Tanka	760	Ste		C
	√ 4228.	”	761	Ste, SA
	√ 4229.	”	762	Ste
	√ 4230.	”	764	Ste
	√ 4231.	”	765	Ste, Marudhar
	√ 4231c.	”	766	Ste
	√ 4232.	”	767	Ste
	√ 4233.	”	769	Ste
	√ 4234.	”	771	Ste
	4235.	”	772
	√ 4236.	”	773	Ste, ClassNG
	4237.	”	774
	√ 4238.	”	775	Ste, ClassNG, SA
	√ 4239.	”	776	Ste
	4240.	”	777
	√ 4240c.	”	778	Ste

Bahmanī Sulṭāns – Muḥammad Shāh I (AH 760-777, AD 1359-1375), Fatḥābād (ḥaḍrat) Mint


sulṭān al-‘ahd wa’l zaman hāmī millat rasūl al-raḥmān (=		abū al-muẕaffar muḥammad shāh bin bahman shāh al-sulṭān (= Father of the victorious, Muḥammad Shāh son of Bahman Shāh, the sulṭān). Mint and date in margin.

Actual Weight (g)

10.8-11.0

Actual Diameter (mm)

~28

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

GG	Photo Link	Denomination	AH	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
BH28	√ 4241.	Tanka	761	Ste		S
	√ 4242.	”	762	Ste
	√ 4243.	”	763	Ste, ClassNG
	4244.	”	764
	√ 4245.	”	765	Ste, SG
	4246.	”	766		Often engraved retrograde (227)
	4247.	”	767

Bahmanī Sulṭāns – Muḥammad Shāh I (AH 760-777, AD 1359-1375)


sulṭān al-‘ahd wa al-zaman abū’l muẕaffar (=		muḥammad shāh al-sulṭān ibn al-sulṭān (= Muḥammad Shāh, the sulṭān, son of the sulṭān).

Actual Weight (g)

7.25

Actual Diameter (mm)

~23

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

GG	Photo Link	Denomination	AH	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
BH29	√ 4248.	Two-Thirds Tanka	761	SG		RRR

Bahmanī Sulṭāns – Muḥammad Shāh I (AH 760-777, AD 1359-1375)


bināh dīn illāh (= builder of the faith of God).		abū al muẕaffar muḥammad shāh (= father of the victorious, Muḥammad Shāh).

Actual Weight (g)

1.7

Actual Diameter (mm)

~12

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

GG	Photo Link	Denomination	AH	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
BH31	√ 4249.	Sixth Tanka	None	Ste, SG, ClassNG		R

Bahmanī Sulṭāns – Muḥammad Shāh I (AH 760-777, AD 1359-1375)


abū al-muẕaffar (=Father of the victorious).		muḥammad shāh.

Actual Weight (g)

1.6

Actual Diameter (mm)

~12

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

GG	Photo Link	Denomination	AH	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
BH32	√4250.	Sixth Tanka	None	Ste, SG, ClassNG		RR

Bahmanī Sulṭāns – Muḥammad Shāh I (AH 760-777, AD 1359-1375)

May have been intended as an eighth tanka. The date suggests a posthumous issue.


May be: abū al-muẕaffar. Date above.		muḥammad shāh.

Actual Weight (g)

1.4

Actual Diameter (mm)

~13

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

GG	Photo Link	Denomination	AH	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
BH33	√ 4251.	Sixth or eighth Tanka	778	ClassNG		RRR

Bahmanī Sulṭāns – Muḥammad Shāh I (AH 760-777, AD 1359-1375)


abū’l muẕaffar muḥammad shāh (Father of the victorious, Muḥammad Shāh)		al-bakim…..allāh (=

Actual Weight (g)

1.7

Actual Diameter (mm)

~12

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

GG	Photo Link	Denomination	AH	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
BH34	√ 4252.	Sixth Tanka	None	SG		RRR

Bahmanī Sulṭāns – Muḥammad Shāh I (AH 760-777, AD 1359-1375)

This may just be a light weight specimen of BH31


bināh dīn allāh (=Builder of the faith of God).		abū al-muẕaffar muḥammad shāh (= Father of the victorious, Muḥammad Shāh).

Actual Weight (g)

1.1

Actual Diameter (mm)

~10

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

GG	Photo Link	Denomination	AH	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
BH35	√ 4253.	Twelfth (or tenth) Tanka	None	SG, ClassNG		RRR

Bahmanī Sulṭāns – Muḥammad Shāh I (AH 760-777, AD 1359-1375)


abū al-muẕaffar (= Father of the victorious).		muḥammad shāh.

Actual Weight (g)

0.8

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

GG	Photo Link	Denomination	AH	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
BH36	√ 4254.	Twelfth Tanka	None	Ste, SG, Marudhar		RRR

Bahmanī Sulṭāns – Muḥammad Shāh I (AH 760-777, AD 1359-1375)

NB ibn below bahman


abū’l muẕaffar muḥammad shāh (= Father of the victorious, Muḥammad Shāh).		ibn bahman shāh al-sulṭān (= Son of Bahman Shāh the sulṭān).

Actual Weight (g)

3.0-3.5

Actual Diameter (mm)

~15

Composition

Copper

Catalogue

GG	Photo Link	Denomination	AH	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
BH37	√ 4255.	Falūs	None	Ste		C

Bahmanī Sulṭāns – Muḥammad Shāh I (AH 760-777, AD 1359-1375)

NB ibn above bahman


abū al-muẕaffar muḥammad shāh (= Father of the victorious, Muḥammad Shāh).		ibn bahman shāh al-sulṭān (= Son of Bahman Shāh the sulṭān).

Actual Weight (g)

3.0-3.6

Actual Diameter (mm)

~15

Composition

Copper

Catalogue

GG	Photo Link	Denomination	AH	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
BH38	√ 4256.	Falūs	None	Ste		C

Bahmanī Sulṭāns – Muḥammad Shāh I (AH 760-777, AD 1359-1375)


al-mu’ayyad bi-nāṣir allāh (= strengthened with the help of God).		abū’l muẕaffar muḥammad shāh (= Father of the victorious, Muḥammad Shāh).