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Sulṭāns of Bengal – Ghiyāth al-dīn ‘Iwaḍ (AH 609-624, AD 1213-27), Unnamed Mint, with ‘Alā al-Ḥaqq

 

السلطان الأعظم

غياث الدنيا و الدين

أبو الفتح عوض بن الحسين

ناصر أمير المؤمنين

ولي عهد علا ألحق و

و الدين

لا إله إلا الله

محمد رسول الله

الناصر لدين الله

أمير المؤمنين

al-sulṭān al-a’ẕam ghiyāth al-dunyā wa al-dīn abū al-fatḥ 'iwaḍ bin al-ḥusain nāṣir amīr al-mū’minīn walī ‘ahd ‘alā’ al-ḥaqq wa al-dīn (= The supreme Sulṭān helper of the world and the faith, father of the conqueror, ‘Iwaḍ, son of al-Ḥusain, commander of the faithful, walī ‘ahd, the sublimity of the truth and the true faith).

The Shahāda with the legend below: al-nāṣir li-dīn / allāh amīr al-mū’minīn (= al-Nāṣir li-dīn Allāh commander of the faithful). All in a fine circle surrounded by a dotted circle. Date in margin.

ضرب هذه السكة في شهور سنة ..... عشرة و ستمائة

 

Actual Weight (g)

~10.8

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

~30

 

Metal

Silver

 

Catalogue

GG

Photo Link

Denomination

AH

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

B30

2629.

Tanka

Months of 61x

SG

R 123. Dotted border on obverse and reverse. The reverse has a very fine plain circle inside the dotted circle.

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