Pedigree coin of Gujarat Sultan depicting seven Generations
2016-12-01 Thu
Qutb Al-Din Bahadur Shah (AH 932-943; AD 1526-1537) was the sultan of Gujarat. He was the son of Shams-Ud-din Muzaffar Shah II. The Gujarat Sultanate was established in 15th century by Zafar khan of Muzaffarid dynasty.Qutb Al-Din Bahadur Shah had issued two types of Pedigree tanka: heavy tanka and tanka. Heavy tanka weighs around 12.4g, and normal tanka weighs around 8.4 gm.
One of his pedigree tankas was sold for INR 2, 20,000 at classical Numismatics Gallery Auction held on 21st December 2013. Noteworthy feature about this coin is that it has the names of seven generations of the dynasty.
Obverse of the coin is inscribed with “Qutb Al-Dunya Wa Al-Din Abul Fadl Bahadur Shah Bin Muzaffar Shah” and the reverse of this coin depicts as “Bin Mahmud Shah Bin Muhammad Shah Bin Ahmad Shah Bin Muhammad Shah Bin Muzaffar Shah Al-Sultan”, with date 933 written at the bottom on the right side of the coin. This particular coin is extremely rare.
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