Bengal Sultanate ; Ikhtiyar ud din Ghazi (In East Bengal) (AH 750-753/1349-1352 AD) ; Hadrat Jalal Sunargaon Mint ; Silver Tanka ; AH 750

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Bengal Sultanate ; Ikhtiyar ud din Ghazi (In East Bengal) (AH 750-753/1349-1352 AD) ; Hadrat Jalal Sunargaon Mint ; Silver Tanka ; AH 750 ; Obv: al-sultan al-a’zam Ikhtiyar ud dunya wa’l din Abu’l Muzaffar Ghazishah al-sultan bin al-sultan ; Rev: yamin al-khalifa Nasir Amir al mominin within an inner circle, mint name Hadrat Jalal Sunargaon completely visible and sana khamsin wa sabahamaya (750 H) in Arabic words, 10.87 Grams ; 24.00mm ; (G&G # B138) ; Exceedingly Rare ;
Note: Ikhtiyar ud din Ghazi Shah is known only from his coins whereon he calls himself Sultan bin Sultan and on this basis, it is suggested that he was the son of Fakhr ud din Mubarak Shah, his predecessor on whose death he ascended the throne of Sunargaon in AH 750 (AD 1349-50), the first date found on his coins issued from Sunargaon.He ruled over Sunargaon for about three years till AH 753 (AD1352-3), as it is evident from his last dated coin issued from there. In the same year, he was ousted by Shams ud-din Ilyas Shah whose coins were issued from the Sunargaon mint with the year AH 753 (AD 1352-3).