Marudhar Arts
Auction 38 25 Feb 2023
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Bengal Sultanate, Ikhtiyar ud-din Ghazi (In East Bengal) (AH 750-753 /1349-1352 AD), Hadrat Jalal Sunargaon Mint, Silver Tanka, AH 753, Obv: Arabic legend "al-sultan al-a'zam Ikhtiyar-ud dunya wa'l din abu'l Muzaffar Ghazi Shah al-sultan bin al-sultan", Rev: Arabic legend "Yamin al-khalifa Nasir amir-ul- mominin" within an inner circle, the mint name "Hadrat Jalal Sunargaon" completely visible & "Sana talatha wa khamsin wa sabamaya" (753 H) in the margin, 10.86g, 24.05mm, (G&G # B138), single test mark, choice very fine, Extremely Rare.
Note: Date 753 AH was Ikhtiyar ud din's last ruling year as he was ousted by Shams ud-din Ilyas Shah who also issued coins from the Sunargaon mint in the same year.
Ikhtiyar ud din Ghazi Shah is known only from his coins whereon he calls himself Sultan bin Sultan and, on this basis, it is suggested that he was the son of Fakhrud din Mubarak Shah, his predecessor on whose death he ascended the throne of Sunargaon in AH 750 (AD 1349-50). He then ruled over Sunargaon for about three years till AH 753 (AD 1352-53).
Note: Date 753 AH was Ikhtiyar ud din's last ruling year as he was ousted by Shams ud-din Ilyas Shah who also issued coins from the Sunargaon mint in the same year.
Ikhtiyar ud din Ghazi Shah is known only from his coins whereon he calls himself Sultan bin Sultan and, on this basis, it is suggested that he was the son of Fakhrud din Mubarak Shah, his predecessor on whose death he ascended the throne of Sunargaon in AH 750 (AD 1349-50). He then ruled over Sunargaon for about three years till AH 753 (AD 1352-53).