Rare silver square 1/2 tanka of Mubarak (1316-1320), 719 AH/1319, Delhi Sultanat

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halifat allah Mubarakshah
in a circle,
al-sultan al-wathiq billah amir al-muminin
in the circular margin around //
Al-imam al-azam qutb al-dunya wa’l din abu’l muzaffar
,
date in numerals in the lower left (719 AH / 1319 CE). 16mmx17mm, 5.31 grams. Mintless type. “The coins of the Indian Sultanates” D270, Rajgor 1016A. SKU x3590-53539
Qutb-ud-din Mubarak Shah (reigned 1316–1320) was a ruler of the Delhi Sultanate of present-day India. A member of the Khalji dynasty, he was a son of Alauddin Khalji. After Alauddin’s death, Mubarak Shah was imprisoned by Malik Kafur, who appointed his younger brother Shihabuddin Omar as a puppet monarch. After Malik Kafur’s murder, Mubarak Shah became the regent. Soon after, he blinded his brother Omar, and usurped the power. After a short reign, he was murdered because of a conspiracy by his slave general Khusrau Khan, who succeeded him on the throne.
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