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Billon tanka of Firuz (1351-1388 AD), 1378 AD, Sultanate of Delhi
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Description
Billon tanka of Firuz (1351-1388 AD), 1378AD,
Sultanate of Delhi
Size and weight:
17
mm, 8.81
grams
Persian inscriptions on both sides,
Firuz shah sultani darabat bi-hadrat dehli
/
Al-khalifat Abu Abd-Allah khulidat khilafatuhu
.
Dated to 780 AH =1378 AD. Hadrat Dehli mint. Decent quality billon. "The Coins of the Indian Sultanates" D-476.
This tanka issued with the name of Firuz III on obverse and the name of the Abbasid Caliph of Cairo, Abu abd-Allah al-Mutawakkil I (1362-1383).
The Delhi Sultanate, or Sulthanath-e-Hind/Sulthanath-e-Dilli refers to the various dynasties that ruled in India from 1210 to 1526. Several Turko-Afghan dynasties ruled from Delhi: the Slave dynasty (1206-90), the Khilji dynasty (1290-1320), the Tughluq dynasty (1320-1413), the Sayyid dynasty (1414-51), and the Lodi (1451-1526).
This coin is guaranteed to be authentic.
Stock# tan110