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Sulṭāns of Bengal – Struck INO Mu’izz al-dīn Bahrām, Sulṭān of Dehlī (AH 637-639, AD 1240-42), Unnamed Mint

 

السلطان الأعظم

معز الدنيا و الدين أبو

المظفر بهرامشاه إبن

السلطان ناصر أمير المؤ

منين

في عهد الامام

المستنصر أمير

المؤمنين

al-sulṭān al-a‘ẕam mu‘izz al-dunyā wa al-dīn abū al-muẕaffar bahrām shāh ibn al-sulṭān nāṣir amīr al-mū’minīn (= The supreme Sulṭān who grants honour and power to the world and the faith, father of the conqueror, Bahram Shāh son of the Sulṭān defender of the leader of the faithful).

The legend in a double square: fi ‘ahd al-imam / al mustanṣir amīr / al-mū’minīn (= In the time of the imam al-Mustanṣir leader of the faithful). In the margin are the mint and date. Three dots in segments.

 

Actual Weight (g)

10.65

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

~29

 

Composition

Silver

 

Catalogue

GG

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Denomination

AH

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

B60

2659.

Tanka

?

Ste, SG

R 889; NW 172B

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