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Sulṭāns of Bengal – Ghiyāth al-dīn A’ẕam (AH 792-813, AD 1389-1410), Unnamed Mint

 

المؤيد بتائيد الرحمن

غياث الدنيا و الدين

أبو المظفر أعظمشاه

إبن سكندر شاه إبن إلياس

شاه السلطان

يمين

خليفة الله ناصر أمير

المؤمنين غوث الاسلام

و المسلمين خلد

الله خلافته

The legend in a quatrefoil: al-mu’ayyad bi-ta ‘yid al-raḥmān ghiyāth al-dunyā wa al-dīn abū al-muẕaffar a’ẕam shāh ibn sikandar shāh ibn ilyās shāh al-sulṭān (=Victorious in the support of the merciful. helper of the world and the faith, A’ẕam Shāh son of Sikandar Shāh son of Ilyās Shāh the sulṭān).

The legend in a multifoil: yamīn khalīfat allāh nāṣir amīr al-mū’minīn ghawth al-islām wa al-muslimīn khallada allāh khilāfatahu (= Right-hand man of the kingdom of Allah, defender of the leader of the faith, helper of Islam and the Muslims, perpetuator of the kingdom of Allah).

 

Actual Weight (g)

11.6

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

~32

 

Composition

Gold

 

Catalogue

GG

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Denomination

AH

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

B237

3056.

Tanka

?

Ste, SG

R 237.

RR