Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad b. Sam — better known in Western historiography as Muhammad of Ghor — struck these dinars following his decisive defeat of Prithviraj III at the Second Battle of Tarain in 1192, which opened the Gangetic plain to Ghurid control. Kannauj, one of the great prize cities of northern India, passed to his governor Qutb al-Din Aybak shortly after. Coinage from this mint signals the administrative consolidation of conquests that would, within decades, form the nucleus of the Delhi Sultanate.
Muhammad of Ghor died without a direct heir in 1206, likely assassinated near the Jhelum River, leaving his Indian territories to his slave-generals.
Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad b. Sam — better known in Western historiography as Muhammad of Ghor — struck these dinars following his decisive defeat of Prithviraj III at the Second Battle of Tarain in 1192, which opened the Gangetic plain to Ghurid control. Kannauj, one of the great prize cities of northern India, passed to his governor Qutb al-Din Aybak shortly after. Coinage from this mint signals the administrative consolidation of conquests that would, within decades, form the nucleus of the Delhi Sultanate.
Muhammad of Ghor died without a direct heir in 1206, likely assassinated near the Jhelum River, leaving his Indian territories to his slave-generals.