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1 Jital - Taj Al-Din Yildiz Lahore Type
| Issuer | Delhi, Sultanate of |
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| Year | 1206-1215 |
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| Reference(s) | GG#D26, Tye#201.1 |
| Obverse description | The obverse field bears a multi-line Arabic inscription in angular Kufic script arranged in horizontal registers, reading the royal titulature of the sultan: 'al-sultan al-mu'azzam abu'l fath yildiz al-sultan.' The lettering is bold and deeply struck in the characteristic square Kufic style typical of early Delhi Sultanate coinage, with the text filling the flan in a structured epigraphic composition. The die workmanship reflects the transitional Ghurid-to-Delhi Sultanate stylistic tradition, with residual crude hand-hammered characteristics visible on the irregular flan edges. |
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| Reverse script | Devanagari |
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Taj al-Din Yildiz was a Ghulam — a slave-soldier — of Muhammad of Ghor who seized Ghazni after his master's assassination in 1206 and contested control of the Lahore territories against Qutb al-Din Aibak. These jitals were struck at Lahore during that window of contested authority, before Iltutmish finally defeated and captured Yildiz at Tarain in 1215, ending his claim entirely. The Lahore type reflects the transitional monetary practices of a frontier that had changed hands repeatedly within a single decade.