Ala ud-Din Mas'ud Shah was the fourth sultan of the Mamluk dynasty at Delhi, placed on the throne by the powerful regent Balban after the deposition of his predecessor. His reign lasted barely four years before Balban's faction removed him in favor of Nasir ud-Din Mahmud. The jital was the workhorse denomination of Delhi Sultanate copper coinage, circulating in bazaars across the northern subcontinent at a time when the sultanate was still consolidating administrative control over recently conquered territories.
Tye 404.1 is among the more frequently encountered varieties of his brief reign, which itself limits the depth of the series.
Ala ud-Din Mas'ud Shah was the fourth sultan of the Mamluk dynasty at Delhi, placed on the throne by the powerful regent Balban after the deposition of his predecessor. His reign lasted barely four years before Balban's faction removed him in favor of Nasir ud-Din Mahmud. The jital was the workhorse denomination of Delhi Sultanate copper coinage, circulating in bazaars across the northern subcontinent at a time when the sultanate was still consolidating administrative control over recently conquered territories.
Tye 404.1 is among the more frequently encountered varieties of his brief reign, which itself limits the depth of the series.