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# 198 / Rupee AH 951 Sher Shah India A Sultanates - Delhi
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# 199Rupee AH 950 Sher ShahIndia A Sultanates - Delhi India – Sultanate of Delhi – Suri Dynasty - Sher Shah (AH 945-952 / AD 1538-1545). Rupee AH 950 (AD 1543/4). Mint: Satgaon, Silver (ø 28 mm – w. 11.40 g.). Edge: plain. Goron/Goenka D796. Rajgor 1671. Lane-Poole –. Plant (pp. 66-67).
Obverse: Persian legend. In centre within a linear circle the Shahada, or Kalima-e-Tayyab, (from top to bottom: La Ilah illa Allah / Rasul Allah / Mohammad = (There is) no god but Allah (and) Muhammad (is the) Messenger (of) Allah). In the margin the names of the four Caliphs without attributes and the Ruler's titles (clockwise, starting at 3 o'clock: Abu Bakr / Umar / Uthman / (mint mark) / Ali / al-Sultan / al-Adil / (mint mark) = Abu Bakr, Omar, Osman, (mint mark), Alì, the Sultan, the Just, (mint mark)).
Reverse: Persian legend. In centre within a linear circle the Ruler's name, title and pius wish (from top to bottom: Shah / Sher / al-Sultan Khallad Allah / mulkahu wa sultanahu = Sher Shah, the Sultan, may Allah perpetuate his reign and his sultanate). In the margin the Ruler's laqab and kunyah, with his name in Nagari, the Mint name and the date (clockwise, starting at 6 o'clock: Zarb Satgaon Farid al-dunya wa'l din Abu al-Muzaffar (in Nagari, from left to right: Sri Sar Shah) 950 = Struck at Satgaon, Unique One of the world and of the faith, Father of the Victorius, (in Nagari: Sri Sher Shah), 950).
Provenance: Ex John Deyell Collection
Web References: http://www215.pair.com/sacoins/public_html/delhi_sultanate/delhi_sub3_shershah2.htm
Literature: Goron, Stan / Goenka, J.P – The Coins of the Indian Sultanates – Munshiram Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd, 2001. Lane-Poole, Stanley – The coins of the Sultans of Dehli in the British Museum – London 1884. Plant R. J. – Arab Coins and how to read them – Spink and Son Ltd., London, 1973, 1980 (revised), reprinted 2000. Rajgor, Dilip - Standard Catalogue of Sultanate Coins of India - Amrapali Pub., First Edition, Bombay, 1991.
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