Jital - Muhammad Bin Sam Badaun type ND

Reverse

Stylised horseman (see comments below)

Edge

Plain

Comment

Jital or Dehliwal (Muhammad Bin Sam) Badaun type - 32 rati



History
Muʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Sām, also called Muhammad of Ghor, or simply Muhammad Ghori, or Shihāb al-Dīn Muḥammad Ghūrī, (born 1144 CE - died March 15, 1206, Damyak, India), was from the Ghurid dynasty (based in Ghor in present-day central Afghanistan) who ruled from 1173 to 1206 CE (AH 589-602). He conquered the north Indian plain and was one of the founders of Muslim rule in India.

Coinage %
The coins issued in the name of Muhammad Bin Sam were issued from (a) Ghazna and elsewhere in the Ghurid territories outside India; (b) northern India by his general Aibak; and (c) Bengal (east India) by Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji.

In India, the Muslim conquerors continued to strike the indigenous gold and billon coin types that were in use but added the name of Muhammad Bin Sam. The Billon Jitals or Dehliwals can be assigned to three minting places - Dehli (or Delhi), Lahore and Badaun, They can also be divided into 3 main types:

• bull on the obverse and horseman on reverse (as in this coin)

• ruler's name in Arabic on obverse and horseman on reverse

• ruler's title in Arabic spread over both sides

[% source Goron & Goenka]

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