2020-02-20 Thu

Nasir Al-Din Nusrat Shah was the son of Alauddin Hussain Shah and the Sultan of Bengal Sultanate. He sat on the throne of Bengal Sultanate in the year 1519 CE and ruled it until 1533 CE. After sitting on the throne of Bengal Sultanate he continued his father’s expansionist policies; later he also added more territories to his sultanate. Later, in the year 1526 CE onwards he struggles a lot with Mughals ascendency; he also suffers from the Ahom kingdom.

Nasir Al-Din Nusrat Shah issued coins in two metals gold and silver. Coins issued by him were generally of rich quality and were in octagonal and in round shape. Legends inscribed on the coins were spread on both obverses and reverse side. Coins issued by him do not contain any religious expression apart from ‘Khallada Allah Mulkhahu’. and Khallada Mulkahu.

This silver rupee was issued by Nasir Al-Din Nusrat Shah in the Hijri year 925 during his period of reign in Bengal. The obverse of this coin is inscribed as ‘Al-Sultan Bin Al-Sultan Nasir Al-Dunya Wa 'L Din Abu 'L Muzaffar’. The reverse side of this coin is inscribed as ‘Nusratshah Al-Sultan Bin Husain Shah Al-Sultan Al-Husaini Khallada Allah Mulkahu’.

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