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Sulṭāns of Bengal – Shihāb al-dīn Bughda (AH 717-718, AD 1307-18), Lakhnautī (khiṭṭa) Mint

 

السلطان الأعظم

شهاب الدنيا و الدين

أبو المظفر بغده شاه

السلطان بن السلطان

الامام

أمير

المستعصم

المؤمنين

The legend in a double square surrounded by a circle: al-sulṭān al-a‘ẕam shihāb al-dunyā wa al-dīn abū al-muẕaffar bughda shāh al-sulṭān bin al-sulṭān (= The supreme sulṭān, flame of the world and the faith, father of the conqueror, Bughda Shāh, sulṭān son of the sulṭān).

The legend in a double square surrounded by a circle: al-imām al-musta‘ṣim amīr al-mū’minīn (= The Imam al-Musta‘ṣim, leader of the faithful). Mint and date in margin:

ضرب هذه الفضة بخطة لكهنوتي سنة ثمان عشر و سبعمائة

 

Actual Weight (g)

~10.8

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

~29

 

Composition

Silver

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

Denomination

AH

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

B100

2734.

Tanka

717

S

√ 2735.

”

718

Ste, Noman

 

 

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Photo from S. Semans.

 

Sulṭāns of Bengal – Shihāb al-dīn Bughda (AH 717-718, AD 1307-18), Lakhnautī (ḥaḍrat) Mint

 

السلطان الأعظم

شهاب الدنيا و الدين

أبو المظفر بغده شاه

السلطان بن السلطان

الامام

أمير

المستعصم

المؤمنين

The legend in a double square surrounded by a circle: al-sulṭān al-a‘ẕam shihāb al-dunyā wa al-dīn abū al-muẕaffar bughda shāh al-sulṭān bin al-sulṭān (= The supreme sulṭān flame of the world and the faith, father of the conqueror, Bughda Shāh sulṭān son of the sulṭān).

The legend in a double square surrounded by a circle: al-imām al-musta‘ṣim amīr al-mū’minīn (= The Imam al-Musta‘ṣim, leader of the faithful). Margin:

ضرب هذه الفضة بحضرة لكهنوتي سنة سبع عشرة و سبعين

for (سبعمائة)

 

Actual Weight (g)

10.89

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

~29

 

Composition

Silver

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

Denomination

AH

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

100A

√ 2735c.

Tanka

717

Ste

Differs from B100 in the mint epithet.

 

Sulṭāns of Bengal – Shihāb al-dīn Bughda (AH 717-718, AD 1307-18), Sunārgāon (ḥaḍrat) Mint

 

السلطان الأعظم

شهاب الدنيا و الدين

أبو المظفر بغده شاه

السلطان بن سلطان

الامام

أمير

المستعصم

المؤمنين

The legend in a double square surrounded by a circle: al-sulṭān al-a‘ẕam shihāb al-dunyā wa al-dīn abū al-muẕaffar bughda shāh al-sulṭān bin sulṭān (= The supreme sulṭān flame of the world and the faith, father of the conqueror, Bughda Shāh sulṭān son of sulṭān).

The legend in a double square surrounded by a circle: al-imām al-musta‘ṣim amīr al-mū’minīn (= The Imam al-Musta‘ṣim, leader of the faithful). Mint and date in margin:

.... بحضرة سناركانو سنة ثمان عشر و سبعمائة

 

Actual Weight (g)

11.00

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

27

 

Composition

Silver

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

Denomination

AH

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

B101

√ 2736.

Tanka

718

SG, Noman

 

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