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Sulṭāns of Bengal – Jalāl al-dīn Muḥammad (AH 821-836/7, AD 1418-1432/3), Second Reign, with Lion Motif – al-Fīrūzābād Mint – Silver – Type 1

 

Tentatively:

نر كشن أبتار

In Tughra characters:

جلال الدنيا و الدين أبو المظفر محمد شاه السلطان

A lion facing right with the legend above:

The legend in a square: jalāl al-dunyā wa al-dīn abūl muẕaffar muḥammad shāh al-sulṭān (= glory of the world and the faith, father of the conqueror, Muḥammad Shāh the sultan). Mint and date in margin (counter-clockwise starting from top):

ضرب هذه السكة العدلية في الفيروزاباد سنة أربع و عشرين و ثمانمائة

 

Actual Weight (g)

105

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

 

Composition

Silver

 

Catalogue

GG

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Denomination

AH

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

B340

3189.

Ten Tanka

824

SG

R 300; JNSI XXXVIII

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