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| Emittent | Delhi Sultanate |
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| Jahr | 1242-1246 |
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| Dicke | 2.65 mm |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Divided field with a bull depicted in the lower register and a horseman in the upper register, rendered in the characteristic flat, stylized manner of early Delhi Sultanate coinage. A horizontal line separates the two figural elements across the coin's face. Partial Arabic legend surrounds and intersects the design, with only fragments legible due to the irregular flan and die shift. The epigraphy, where visible, references the sultan's titles. The overall execution is typical of the debased billon jitals struck under the early Slave Dynasty and Shamsid rulers. |
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| Reversschrift | Arabic |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Ala ud-Din Masud Shah ruled the Delhi Sultanate for less than four years before being deposed by his own nobles in 1246 — a reminder of how completely real power had shifted to the Turkish slave-officer class, the so-called "Forty." His reign produced no significant military campaigns or administrative reforms; the sultanate was effectively governed by Balban and the court faction surrounding him. Coinage from this period consequently reflects continuity rather than initiative, struck to maintain commerce in the Indo-Gangetic plain rather than to project any particular authority.