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Sulṭāns of Bengal – Ghiyāth al-dīn A’ẕam – Issued During the Reign of his Father, Fīrūzābād Mint

 

غياث الدنيا

و الدين أبو المظفر

أعظمشاه إبن

سكندر شاه إبن

إلياس شاه

السلطان

ناصر أمير المؤمنين

غوث الاسلام

و المسلمين

خلد الله ملكه

The legend in a quatrilobe: ghiyāth al-dunyā wa al-dīn abū al-muaffar a’am shāh ibn sikandar shāh ibn Ilyās shāh al-sulṭān (= Helper of the world and the faith, father of victory, A’ẕam Shāh son of Sikandar Shāh son of Ilyās Shāh, the sulṭān). Margin:

السلطان الأعظم )المؤيد بتائيد الرحمن(

= al-sulṭān al-a’ẕam (al-mu’ayyad bi-ta ‘yid al-raḥmān) (= The supreme sulṭān, victorious in the support of the merciful).

The legend in a circle: nāṣir amīr al-mū’minīn ghawth al-islām wa’l muslimīn khallada allāh mulkahu (= Helper of the leader of the faithful, helper of Islam and the Muslims, perpetuator of the kingdom of Allah). Mint and date in margin:

.... فيروزاباد سنة تسعين و سبعمائة

 

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Silver

 

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Rarity

B231

3053i.

Tanka

RH

 

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