Lot 370

Bahamani Sultan Ghiyath al din Tahmatan Shah Copper Falus

Auction # 15 Lucknow (Online)


  • Estimated Price (INR)
  • 2500 - 3000
  • Price Realised -
  • Auction Completed!

Catalog Reference #
G&G # BH56
Metal Composition
Copper
Lot Grade/Condition
fine+
Diameter
17.09 mm
Weight
5.09 gms
Denomination
Falus
Calendar/Year
AH 799, 1397 AD

Bahamani Sultanates, Ghiyath al din Tahmatan Shah (AH 799, 1397 AD), Copper Falus, 5.09 gms, 17.09 mm, Obverse. Arabic legend Tahamatan Shah bin Muhammad Shah, Reverse. Arabic legend al-mu ayyad bi-nasr allah abu al-muzaffar, Tahmatan Shah is the rarest of all the Bahmani rulers. He was the young son of Muhammad II and he never had a chance against the factionalism that was forming in the kingdom between the Deccani faction and the Foreign faction. His reign was brief. He was blinded and imprisoned, and succeeded by his step-brother, Daud, who suffered the same fate, G&G # BH56, fine+, very rare.