Lot 382

Delhi Sultanate, Mahmud Bin Muhammad Tughluq (AH 752, 1351 AD), Gold Tanka, 10.95 gms, 20.28 mm, NM, AH 752, Obv. mahmud shah bin Muhammad shah bin Tughlaq shah al-sultan & date AH 752, Rev. Yamin amir al-muminin ghiyath al dunya wa'ldin abu'l muzaffar, On the death of Muhammad Bin Tughlaq, his nephew Firuz Shah Tughlaq was accepted as the next ruler by the army of Sindh, In Delhi Khwaja-e-Jahan was unaware of this, he raised to the throne a collateral-relative & would-be son of the later sultan with the name 'Mahmud', When Firuz Shah Tughlaq returned back to Delhi, Mahmud was set aside, Hence during this short period of only a month coins were struck in Mahmud's name in gold, silver & billon with all being very rare, G&G # D455, very fine+, very rare.