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Sulṭāns of Bengal – Struck INO Rukn al-dīn Fīrūz, Sulṭān of Dehlī (AH 633, AD 1235), Lakhnautī Mint

 

السلطان الأعظم

ركن الدنيا و الدين

أبو المظفر فيروز

شاه إبن السلطان

في عهد الامام

المستنصر أمير

المؤمنين

The legend in a double square within a circle: al-sulṭān al-a‘ẕam / rukn al-dunyā wa al-dīn / abū al-muẕaffar fīrūz / shāh ibn al-sulṭān (= The supreme Sulṭān, pillar of the world and the faith, father of the conqueror, Fīrūz Shāh son of the Sulṭān).Three dots in segments.

The legend in a double square: fī ‘ahd al-imām / al-mustanṣir amīr / al-mū’minīn (= in the time of the Imam al-Mustanṣir, leader of the faithful). Single dots in the segments between the square and a circle. Date in the margin:

..... الفضة بلكنوتي في شهور .....

 

Actual Weight (g)

~10.6

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

~29

 

Composition

Silver

 

Catalogue

GG

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Denomination

AH

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

B53A

2652c.

Tanka

Months of xxx

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Three dots in segments on obverse. shāh at start of fourth line.

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