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Sulṭāns of Bengal – INO of the Ghūrid, Muḥammad bin Sām (AH 601-602, AD 1204-1206), Unnamed Mint

 

السلطان

المعظم معز

الدنيا و الدين أبو

المظفر محمد بن

سام

A horseman riding left in a circle. Around this is the

Shahāda and date followed by gauda-vijaye (= on the conquest of Gaur).

al-sulṭān al-mu‘aẕẕam mu‘izz al-dunyā wa al-dīn abū al-muẕaffar muḥammad bin sām (= The great Sulṭān who gives might and glory to the world and the faith, father of the conqueror, Muḥammad bin Sām).

 

Actual Weight (g)

12.6

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

~29

 

Metal

Silver

 

Catalogue

GG

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Denomination

AH

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

B4

2604.

Tanka

Ramḍān 601

SG

R 102. NB heavy weigh

RRR