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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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