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AV 20-ratti Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji
| Issuer | Sultanate of Bengal (Indian Sultanates) |
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| Year | 1193-1206 |
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| Value | 1 Dinar |
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| Obverse description | A mounted horseman depicted in dynamic right-facing gallop, bearing a lance held upright; the rider wears a pointed helmet and is shown in a vigorous martial pose astride the horse. The equestrian figure is rendered in a bold, stylized manner characteristic of early medieval Indian hammered coinage. A circular Arabic legend surrounds the central device within a beaded border, reading 'Gauda-vijaye' (Conqueror of Gauda), reflecting the military conquest of Bengal. The design shows clear influence of the Ghurid coinage tradition adapted to the Indian subcontinent. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a four-line Arabic kufic-style inscription arranged horizontally across the field, containing the full royal titulature of the issuing sultan. The legend is boldly engraved with angular letterforms filling the available flan, with minimal decorative elements in the field. The text reads 'al-Sultan al-mu`azzam abu muzaffar Muhammad bin Sam', identifying the Ghurid overlord Muhammad of Ghor under whose authority this coinage was issued. The inscription occupies the entirety of the reverse, consistent with the epigraphic tradition of early Indo-Muslim coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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