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INDIA, Islamic Sultanates. Bengal. Shams al-Din Ilyas, 1342-1357. Tanka (Silver, 25 mm, 10.88 g, 10 h), Firuzabad, AH 750 = AD1349. Goron & Goenka, The Coins of the Indian Sultanates, B151. Test punches, otherwise, very fine.
Shams al-Din Ilyas conquered both East and West Bengal. In doing so he became the first independent sultan to rule the entirety of Bengal once the power of the Delhi sultans began to wane.
Shams al-Din Ilyas conquered both East and West Bengal. In doing so he became the first independent sultan to rule the entirety of Bengal once the power of the Delhi sultans began to wane.