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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 المؤ

منين

لا إله إلا

الله محمد رسول

الله

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).

The Shahāda without the caliph. All within a plain and a dotted circle. Date in margin:

......... سنة إثنان و عشرين و ستمائة

 

Actual Weight (g)

~10.5

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

~30

 

Composition

Silver

 

Catalogue

GG

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Denomination

AH

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

40A

2638c.

Tanka

622

Ste

Plain and dotted circles on reverse.

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