2017-09-14 Thu

After defeating Prithvi Raj Chauhan in the Battle of Tarai in the year 1192 AD, Muhammad Bin Sam came to be popularly known as Muhammad Ghori, he went on to conqueror the North Indian Plain and established Muslim rule in India.

Muhammad Bin Sam issued coins in gold, silver, billon and copper. He struck gold coins in imitation of the coins that were in current circulation in the country. On the obverse side of the coin, he placed seated Laxmi and inscribed ‘Sri Muhammad Bin Sam’ written in ‘Nagari’. ‘Bull and horsemen’ type coins which he issued in billon are inscribed with the ‘Nagari’ legend ‘Sri Muhammad Sam’ on the bull side and ‘Sri Hamira’ on the horseman side. Some coins have horseman on one side and Bull on the other, while some have horseman or the bull on one side with an Arabic inscription on the other.

This gold tanka issued by him weighs around 9.1g. The obverse side of the coin is inscribed as ‘As Sultan al- Azam Muizz-ud duniya-wa al-Din abu al Muzaffar Muhammad bin Sam’ within a square on the obverse side. The Reverse side of the coin is inscribed as ‘La ila ila Allah Muhammad Rasul Allah, al Nasir li-Din Allah Amir al muminin’.

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