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.
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.