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1 Jital In the name of Mustans'ir Billah
| Issuer | Delhi Sultanate |
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| Year | 1211-1240 |
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| Diameter | 12 mm |
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| Obverse script | Devanagari |
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| Reverse script | Devanagari |
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Iltutmish, who ruled the Delhi Sultanate from 1211 to 1236, issued coinage in the name of the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir Billah as a deliberate act of political legitimation — acknowledging Sunni caliphal authority while Baghdad still stood. After the Mongols sacked Baghdad in 1258 and executed the last Abbasid caliph, such coins became relics of a world order that had ceased to exist. This piece predates that destruction by decades.