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Sulṭāns of Bengal – Struck INO Shams al-dīn Īltutmish, Sulṭān of Dehlī, by Governor Ghiyāth al-dīn ‘Iwaḍ, Second Series – Unnamed Mint

 

السلطان المعظم

شمس الدنيا و الدين

أبو المظفر إيلتتمش

السلطاني يمين خليفة الله

ناصر أمير المؤمنين

لا إله إلا الله

محمد رسول الله

ناصر أمير المؤمنين

al-sulṭān al-mu‘aẕẕam shams al-dunyā wa al-dīn abū al-muẕaffar īltutmish al-sulṭānī yamīn khalīfat allāh nāṣir amīr al-mū’minīn (= The great Sulṭān sun of the world and the faith, father of the conqueror, Īltutmish, imperial right-hand man of the caliphate of Allah, defender of the leader of the faithful).

Shahāda with legend below: nāṣir amīr al-mū’minīn (= defender of the leader of the faithful. All within a plain and a dotted circle. Date in margin:

بتاريخ الرابع عشرين شعبان سنة إثنان عشرين و ستمائة

 

Actual Weight (g)

~10.7

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

~29

 

Composition

Silver

 

Catalogue

GG

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Denomination

AH

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

B38

√ 2635.

Tanka

24 Sha’ban 622

Ste, Bald

See ONS Newsletter 169 for discussion of date. NB same as previous (B37) but without ‘iwaḍ in third line of obverse inscription.

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