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Sulṭāns of Bengal – Nāṣir al-dīn Maḥmūd (AH 837-864, AD 1433/34-1459), with al-mu’ayyad Legend. Fīrūzābād Mint

There is an unread word before Fīrūzābād which may be an epithet for the mint. Legends very similar to B427.

 

السلطان العادل

ناصر الدنيا و الدين

أبو المجاهد محمود

شاه السلطان

المويد

بتائيد الرحمن

خليفة الله

بالحجت و البرهان

The legend in a scalloped circle:

The legend in a circle: al-mu’ayyad bi-ta ‘yid al-raḥmān khalīfat allāh bi’l ḥujjat wa al-burhān (= He who is strengthened by the support of the merciful caliphate of Allah, vice regent of God by proof and testimony). Mint name in margin:

---- فيروزاباد ----

 

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Silver

 

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B416A

3262.

Tanka

839

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