Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad ruled the Ghurid sultanate at its greatest territorial extent, prosecuting decades of sustained expansion into Khurasan and northern India while his younger brother Mu'izz al-Din — the same commander later known to history as Muhammad of Ghor — handled the eastern campaigns. The fraternal division of military command was unusually coherent for a medieval Islamic dynasty, and the silver coinage of both brothers circulated across a domain stretching from Herat to the Gangetic plain.
Album 1755 dirhams were struck to a broad-flan standard reflecting Ghurid attempts to maintain weight credibility in markets long accustomed to Ghaznavid silver.
Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad ruled the Ghurid sultanate at its greatest territorial extent, prosecuting decades of sustained expansion into Khurasan and northern India while his younger brother Mu'izz al-Din — the same commander later known to history as Muhammad of Ghor — handled the eastern campaigns. The fraternal division of military command was unusually coherent for a medieval Islamic dynasty, and the silver coinage of both brothers circulated across a domain stretching from Herat to the Gangetic plain.
Album 1755 dirhams were struck to a broad-flan standard reflecting Ghurid attempts to maintain weight credibility in markets long accustomed to Ghaznavid silver.