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Jital - Jalal al-Din 'Ali citing 'Ala al-Din of Khwarizm
| Issuer | Ghurids of Bamiyan (Ghurid dynasty) |
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| Year | 1206-1215 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a four-line Arabic Kufic-influenced inscription arranged horizontally across the flan, giving the name and titles of the issuing ruler Jalal al-Din 'Ali. The legend is boldly struck in raised relief within a plain linear border, typical of Ghurid billon jitals. The irregular flan shows characteristic hammer-struck surfaces with slight die shift visible at the margins. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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The Ghurids of Bamiyan occupied an awkward political position — nominally independent but operating in the shadow of both the main Ghurid sultans to the south and, increasingly, the Khwarazmian empire pressing in from the west. This coin's bilingual citation formula, naming the local ruler Jalal al-Din 'Ali while acknowledging the Khwarazmian overlord 'Ala al-Din Muhammad, documents the precise moment Bamiyan's rulers were forced to acknowledge Khwarazmian suzerainty. The Ghurids of Bamiyan were extinguished entirely by the Mongols in 1221, when Genghis Khan razed the city in revenge for the death of a grandson.