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1 Jital - Ghiyath al-Din Tughlug I
| Issuer | Delhi Sultanate |
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| Year | 1324 |
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| Value | 1 Jital (1⁄48) |
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| Reverse description | Reverse field displaying a multi-line Arabic script legend in raised relief, struck on an irregular, roughly circular flan consistent with hand-hammered production. The lettering, in Naskh style, carries the characteristic formulaic inscriptions of Delhi Sultanate copper coinage, likely including the mint name or regnal titles. The die is slightly off-center, and the surfaces show significant wear and cuprite patination typical of circulated Tughlug-period jitals. No border ornament or exergual line is present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq founded the Tughluqid dynasty after overthrowing the last Khilji sultan in 1320, and his copper jitals were among the first coins struck under the new regime's authority. His reign lasted only four years — he died in 1325 when a pavilion collapsed on him, an event his son Muhammad bin Tughluq was widely suspected of engineering.