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1 Jital - Ala al-Din Muhammad Shah
| Issuer | Delhi Sultanate |
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| Year | 1296-1316 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse lettering | مـحـمـد شـاه / श्री सुल्तान अलावदीन |
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| Mintage | 695 (1296) - - 696 (1297) - - 697 (1298) - - 698 (1299) - - 699 (1300) - - 700 (1301) - - 701 (1302) - - 702 (1303) - - 703 (1304) - - 704 (1305) - - 705 (1305) - - 706 (1306) - - 707 (1307) - - 708 (1308) - - 709 (1309) - - 710 (1310) - - 711 (1311) - - 712 (1312) - - 713 (1313) - - 714 (1314) - - 715 (1315) - - 716 (1316) - - |
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Ala al-Din Khalji's reign produced one of the most radical monetary experiments in medieval Indian history. Facing chronic silver shortages and the enormous cost of repelling multiple Mongol invasions — at least five major incursions between 1297 and 1306 — he debased the coinage systematically, issuing billon where silver had previously circulated. The jital became the workhorse of a war economy.
He also attempted a token currency reform around 1330, though that experiment collapsed within years. This jital predates that failure, struck while the policy of debasement was still holding.