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Sulṭāns of Bengal – Nāṣir al-dīn Maḥmūd (AH 837-864, AD 1433/34-1459), with Shahāda on Reverse. Al-Fīrūzābād Mint

Obverse in scalloped circle.

 

السلطان العادل

 ناصر الدنيا و الدينأبو

 المجاهد محمود

شاه السلطان

لا إله إلا

الله محمد

رسول الله

The legend in a scalloped circle: al-sulṭān al-‘ādil nāṣir al-dunyā wa al-dīn abū al-muẕaffar maḥmūd shāh al-sulṭān (= The just sulṭān, protector of the world and the faith, father of the conqueror, Maḥmūd Shāh the sulṭān).

The Shahāda in a circle. Mint and date in margin:

ضرب هذه السكة في الفيروزاباد سنة ٨٣٧

 

Actual Weight (g)

~10.7

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

~28

 

Composition

Silver

 

Catalogue

GG

Photo Link

Denomination

AH

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

B433

3280.

Tanka

837

SG, Anon

 

R

3280c.

838