Lot 21

Delhi Sultan, Taj al-din Yildiz INO of his former master Muhammad Bin Sam (AH 602-612, 1206-1215 AD), Silver Dirham, 6.82 gms, 29.93 mm, Baldat Ghazna Mint, Obv. Within double square, ‘Al-sultan Al-azam mui'zz al-dunya wa-aldin abu'l muzaffar Muhammad Bin Sam’ name and title of Taj al-Din Yildiz in margin 'Taj al-dunya Wal'din Yildiz al-sultan Abd wa mawlah', 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 wa mawlah' 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 rare 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, rare.