7. Muḥammad bin Tughlaq. Dehlī. 726 A.H. AV. Wt. 199 grs.
Obv., in circle, _Al wās̤iqu bi taʾīdu-r-rahman_ (“The
truster in the help of the Merciful”) _Muḥammad Shāh
as-sult̤ān_. Margin similar to that on No. 5, but
_hazihi-d-dīnār_ and date 726 in Arabic words.
Rev., _Ashhadu an lā ilāha illallaho wa ashhadu an Muḥammadan
’abduhu wa rasūluhu_, “I testify that there is no god but
God, and I testify that Muḥammad is his servant and apostle.”
8. Id: in the name of the Khalif Al Ḥākim. Bil. Wt. about 140 grs.
Obv., within quatrefoil, _Al Ḥākim b’ amru ’llah_.
Rev., within quatrefoil, _Abū-l-’abbās Aḥmad_.
9. Id: Forced Currency. Tulghlaqpūr, 730 A.H. Brass. Wt. about 140 grs.
Obv., in circle, _Man atā’ as-sult̤ān faqad atā’ ar-rahmān_,
“He who obeys the sultan surely he obeys the Merciful”;
margin, in Persian, _Dar iqlīm-i-Tug̱ẖlaqpūr’urf Tirhut
sāl bar hafsad sī_ “(Struck) in the territory of
Tulghlaqpūr, alias Tirhut, in the year seven hundred and
thirty.”
Rev., in Persian, _Muhar shud tankah-i-ra’īj dar
rūzgāh-i-bandah-i-ummīdwār Muḥammad Tug̱ẖlaq_, “Stamped
as a tankah current in the reign of the slave, hopeful (of
mercy), Muḥammad Tughlaq.”
10. Fīroz Shāh. Dehlī. 773 A.H. Bil. Wt. 140 grs.
Obv., _Al Khalīfatu amiru-l-mominīn khuldat khilāfatuhu 773_,
“The Khalif of the Commander of the faithful, may the
Khalifate be perpetuated.”
Rev., _Fīroz Shāh sult̤ānī ẓuriba bi ḥaẓrati Dehlī_,
cf. No. 5, Obv., margin.
11. Fīroz Shāh Z̤afar. AV. Wt. 169 grs.
Obv., in circle, _Fī zamani-l-imāmi amīru-l-mominīn Abu
’Abdu ’llah khuldat khilāfatuhu_, “In the time of the Imām,
the commander of the faithful, Abu ’Abdu ’llah,” etc.; margin
illegible.
Rev., _As-sult̤ānu-l-a’z̤am Fīroz Shāh Z̤afar Shāh ibn-i-Fīroz
Shāh sult̤ānī_, “The supreme sultan Fīroz Shāh Z̤afar Shāh,
son of Fīroz Shāh, sultan.”
12. Abūbakr Shāh. 792 A.H. Æ. Wt. about 102 grs.
Obv., in square, _Abūbakr Shāh_; in margin, _bin Z̤afar
bin Fīroz Shāh sult̤ānī_.
Rev., _Nāʾībi amīru-l-mominīn 792_, “The deputy of the
Commander of the faithful.”
13. Bahlol Lodī. Dehlī. 858 A.H. Bil. Wt. 140-146 grs.
Obv., _Fī zamani amīru-l-mominīn khuldat khilāfatuhu 858_.
Rev., _Al mutawakkilu ’ala-r-rahmān_ (“Trusting in the
Merciful one”) _Bahlol Shāh sult̤ān bi ḥaẓrati Dehlī_.
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