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RRR AR "infidel tax" tanka of Iltutmish (1210-1235), Delhi, Inda - 'from the lan

$ 189.52

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    Description

    Arabic inscriptions within a circle, ruler's titles -
    al -sultan al-azam shams al-dunya wal din abul muzaffar iltutmish al-sultan / Fi ah'd inscription, min kharaj qanauj wa kafar
    ("from the land-tax of Kanauj and Infadels") in reverse margins. 26mm, 10.9 grams. Uncertain mint, dated to 632 AH = 1234 AD. Extremely rare. 30mm, 10.5 grams. Hadrat Delhi mint. Rajgor 820-821, "The Coins of the Indian Sultanates" D-36. SKU T1028-6219
    This fascinating type is one of the latest types that Ilutmish produced. Six different varieties are known (differing from each other by the number of does in the obverse and the reverse segments the type with one dot in each segment on obverse and two in each segment on reverse (such as this coin) is not known. This piece also has three dots in the middle on the obverse, something that has not been published to date, it seems.