Lot 379

Delhi Sultan, Taj al-din Yildiz INO of his former master Muhammad Bin Sam (AH 602-612, 1206-1215 AD), Silver Dirham, 5.44 gms, 31.21 mm, Baldat Ghazna Mint, Obv. Within double square, ‘Al-sultan Al-azammui'zz al-dunyawa-aldinabu'lmuzaffar Muhammad Bin Sam’ name and title of Taj al-Din Yildiz in margin 'Taj al-dunyaWal'din Yildiz al-sultan Abd wamawlah', Rev. Within double square, 'Kalima and title "al-Nasir li-din Allah Amir al-Mumineen" in four lines, Mint name 'Baldat Ghazna' in right margin date in words around, The titles used for Taj al -Din Yildiz are 'Abd wamawlah' means 'Slave of lord' (protector) it is used in various parts of the Islāmic world as an honorific attached to the name of a king, sultan, or other noble, This Dirham was strucked by Yildiz in the name of his deceased master Mu’izz al-Din Muhammad Bin Sam (Muhammad Ghori), G&G # D25, very fine with usual flatness, rare.