Sultans of Bengal, Nasir al-din Mahmud, AH 837-864 / AD 1433/4-1459, tanka, (AH 849 / AD 1445)


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Sultans of Bengal. Nasir al-din Mahmud, AH 837-864 / AD 1433/4-1459. tanka, (AH 849 / AD 1445). Dar al-Darb. G&G B476 (RR). Zeno 56348. Silver. Diameter 25.0mm, 10.70 grams. Obverse: Lion to left, Mahmud's titles. Reverse: al-mu'ayyad legend (see below). XF. R2, Very rare.

Obverse:
(nasir al-dunya) wa'l din abu'l muzaffar mahmud shah (al- sultan)
defender of the world and the faith father of the victorious one, the sultan

Reverse:
al-mu'ayyad bi-ta'yid al-rahman khalifat allah bi'l hujjat wa'l burhan (849 Dar al-)Darb
he who is strenghtened by the support of the Compassionate vice-regent of God by proof and testimony (849 Dar al-)Darb

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