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Sultanates: Gujarat Sultan, Nasir al-Din Mahmud Shah I (1458-1511 AD), gold dinar, AH906, 11.07g

Currency:INR Category:Coins & Paper Money / Indian Coins - Sultanates Start Price:NA Estimated At:400,000.00 - 600,000.00 INR
Sultanates: Gujarat Sultan, Nasir al-Din Mahmud Shah I (1458-1511 AD), gold dinar, AH906, 11.07g
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Sultans of Gujarat, Nasir al-Din Mahmud Shah I (1458-1511 AD), gold dinar, AH906, G&G G80, 11.07g. Obv: In circle, Arabic legend allah Rabbi written in a Tughra form, AH date below, around Farsi legend Hamd ba-Mahmud man Geh ba-'Alam Rasad (“Blessings received from Mahmud may be spread around the world”). Rev: Farsi inscription arranged in a circular form, clockwise from 7 o'clock Sikka am az Bandagist Nustratam az Qadir-ast (“The coin comes as my prayers but the Victory comes from the all-compassionate”).

Extremely fine, Exceedingly rare

Mahmud I, also known as 'Begada' after his conquest of East and West Gujarat, was the most powerful of the Sultans of Gujarat. During his long reign, the Sultanate became a prominent hub of political and commercial activities in Western India.This extremely rare coin was struck towards the end of his reign, during a period marked by prosperity and tranquillity. Perhaps, only one or two specimens survive - Goron & Goenka were aware of it only through a bad quality picture, and supply no information about its weight or denomination. It bears very interesting poetic allusions to the Sultan's faith, piety and ambition in which he identifies himself as having the mystical powers of 'giving blessings'. There is a reference to 'Victory' in the legend; however, no immediate 'victory' is known to taken place around the issue of the coin. Most likely, the 'victory' is an allusion to the spiritual conquest of the Mahmud, who was a great devotee of Shaykh Ahmad Khattu Ganj Bakhsh, the patron Sufi saint of Gujarat. The Sultan lies buried in his company at the Roza complex of Sarkhej near Ahmadabad.