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Sulṭāns of Bengal – Rukn al-dīn ‘Alī bin Mardān (AH 606?-609/10, AD 1210/11-1213), Unnamed Mint

 

السلطان

المعظم

ركن الدنيا و الدين

أبو المظفر علي

 [بن] مردان

A horseman riding left in a circle. Around is the legend containing the Shahāda and the date (off-flan). Behind the horseman is the word bābā.

al-sulṭān al-mu‘aẕẕam rukn al-dunyā wa al-dīn abū al-muẕaffar ‘alī [bin] mardān (= The great Sulṭān, pillar of the world and the faith, father of the conqueror, ‘Alī [bin] Mardān).

 

Actual Weight (g)

10.5

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

26

 

Metal

Silver

 

Catalogue

GG

Photo Link

Denomination

AH

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

B9B

2009o.

Tanka

?

Iftekhar

Iftekhar Alam (2008), JONS 195, p. 23. Differs from B9 & B9A because of the extra word, bābā, on the obverse.

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