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Sulṭāns of Bengal – Rukn al-dīn Bārbak (AH 864-879, AD 1459-1474), with Tughra Obverse. Sājlā Mankhābād (‘arṣah) Mint

 

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

السلطان

إبن السلطان

عرصة ساجلا منكه باد

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

The legend in a plain circle: al-sulṭān ibn al-sulṭān ‘arṣah sājlā mankhābād

In margin: …khallada allāh mulkahu wa sulṭānahu…

---- و أعلى أمره و ----

 

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Composition

Silver

 

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AH

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Rarity

B503

3339.

Tanka

864

SG

See Iftekhar Alam SM (2002), ONS 170, for mint name. See photos for how the mint is read.

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