Jital - Muhammad Bin Sam Budaon
Features
| Issuer |
Ghurid dynasty
 |
|---|---|
| Sultan |
Mu'izz ad-Din Muhammad ibn Sam (سلطان معزالدین محمد غوری) (1203-1206)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1193-1206 |
| Value | 1 Jital (1⁄50) |
| Currency | Jital (879-1215) |
| Composition | Billon (32 rati) |
| Weight | 3.4 g |
| Diameter | 14.5 mm |
| Thickness | 2.75 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 371967 |
| References | GG# D7 Stan Goron, J. P. Goenka; 2001. The Coins of the Indian Sultanates: Covering the Area of Present-day India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, New Delhi, Delhi, India. |
Obverse
Stylised bull facing left
Above: `sri mahamada sama'
Various symbols over `jhul'
Script: Devanagari
Reverse
Stylised horseman (see comments below)
Edge
Plain
Mint
Budaon, modern-day Budaun, IndiaComments
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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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1193-1206) | AH 589-602 | ||||||||||||||
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