Jital - Mas'ud III Lahore mint

Mas'ud III ruled the Ghaznavid sultanate during a period of serious territorial contraction — the dynasty had already lost its western domains to the Seljuqs at Dandanaqan in 1040 and was increasingly confined to the Punjab and Afghanistan. The Lahore mint became correspondingly more important as the administrative and commercial heart of what remained. Jitals of this type circulated widely in the Punjab bazaar economy, and leaded copper alloys were common across the Ghaznavid series, likely reflecting the pragmatic use of whatever metal was locally available rather than a deliberate compositional standard.