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1 Jital - Sayf al din Qarlugh
| Issuer | Sindh, Sultanate of |
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| Year | 1239-1249 |
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| Diameter | 13 mm |
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| Obverse description | Horseman advancing to right occupying the central field, rendered in a stylized Indo-Muslim manner characteristic of Sindh jitals of the period. The Nagari legend 'Sri Hamirah' (a transliteration of 'Amir') appears above the equestrian figure. The flan is irregularly struck, with the design elements showing typical wear and flatness associated with hammered billon coinage of the region. |
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| Reverse script | Nagari |
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Sayf al-Din Qarlugh was a Mongol-era survivor in the most literal sense — a former slave commander who carved out autonomous control of Sindh and the Ghazni region after the Mongol destruction of the Ghaznavid order, ruling as a nominal vassal while playing Mongol and Delhi Sultanate factions against each other for over a decade. His coinage is the physical record of that balancing act: a local billon issue asserting administrative authority in a region where political legitimacy was genuinely contested. The Delhi Sultans eventually absorbed his territory, and his dynasty ended with him.