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2 Gani - Ala al din Mohammed II Khilji
| Issuer | Delhi Sultanate |
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| Year | 1296-1316 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Arabic, Devanagari |
| Obverse lettering | شاه محمد श्री सुल्तान अलावदीनी (Translation: Within circle: Shah Muhammad Legend in Devnagari, outside circle (mostly off flan): Sri Sultan Alavadin (Alauddin)) |
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Ala al-Din Khalji came to power by murdering his uncle Jalal ud-Din Firuz at a staged reconciliation meeting in 1296, then immediately launched the administrative overhaul that produced this coinage. His monetary reforms were part of a broader — and ultimately failed — attempt at price control so rigid it required a dedicated market intelligence service to enforce, with merchants caught cheating punished by amputation.
Billon at this fineness was a deliberate policy choice, stretching the silver supply during a period of near-continuous military campaigning into the Deccan and Gujarat.