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Jital - Muizz al-din Muhammad bin Sam Late 'Bull and Horseman' derivative
| Issuer | Ghurid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1173-1206 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Nagari (debased) |
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| Reverse script | Arabic/Nagari (debased) |
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Muhammad bin Sam — better known in the West as Muhammad of Ghor — used the bull and horseman coinage not as a concession to Hindu populations but as a deliberate administrative tool during the conquest and consolidation of the northern Indian plains. The type had circulated in the region for generations before the Ghurids arrived, and maintaining its visual grammar kept markets functioning while political authority shifted violently underneath them. These late derivatives show progressive debasement and die deterioration as Ghurid control stretched thin across a vast frontier.