Ghaznavid. Mahmud (384-421AH)
bilingual AR dirham (in Arabic and Sanskrit)
Mint Mahmudpur (Lahore)
Dated 419AH
OBVERSE: Shahada, “Al-Qadir” above; “billah” to left. Yamin al-daula wa amin mahmud al-milla (..Mahmud guardian of the faith) below. Margins: bismillah zuriba haza ed-dirhem Mahmudpur fi sanat (date)
REVERSE: the Sanskrit text in Sarada characters reads: avyaktameka muhammada avatar nrpati mahamuda (The Invisible is One; Muhammad is the manifestation; Mahmud the king). The circular margin reads: Ayam tankam mahamudapura ghatita ta jikiyera samvati…(this tanka struck at Mahmudpur in the Arabic year …)
Nice deep patina. Near AU
Reference: Z-144308 (similar coin)
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