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Sulṭāns of Bengal – Rukn al-dīn Bārbak (AH 864-879, AD 1459-1474), with Tughra Obverse. Dār al-Ḍarb Mint

 

ركن الدنيا و الدين أبو المجاهد باربكشاه السلطان بن محمود شاه السلطان

 

السلطان

إبن السلطان

دار الضرب

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The legend in Tughra characters: rukn al-dunyā wa a- dīn abū al-mujāhid bārbak shāh al-sulṭān bin maḥmūd shāh al-sulṭān (= Pillar of the world and the faith, father of the warrior, Sulṭān Bārbak Shāh son of Sulṭān Maḥmūd Shāh).

The legend in a plain circle: al-sulṭān ibn al-sulṭān dār al-ḍarb ( =The Sulṭān son of the Sulṭān [struck at] Dār al-Ḍarb)

In margin: …khallada allāh mulkahu wa sulṭānahu…

خلد الله (ملكه و سلطانه) و أعلى أمره و شأنه

 

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Composition

Silver

 

Catalogue

GG

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Denomination

AH

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

B500

3336.

Tanka

864

SG, Semans, Shariful Islam

 

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