Delhi Sultan ; Silver Tanka(Rupee) ; Ghiyath Al Din Balban ; Ref, D157 Denomination: Tanka ( Rupee)

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Delhi Sultan : Silver Tanka(Rupee) ; Ghiyath Al Din Balban
Ref.: # D157 Denomination: Tanka ( Rupee)
Weight: 11.18 Grams ;
Rev: al-imam legend and caliph Al Must asim Ruler: Ghiyath Al Din Balban (AH 664-686/ AD 1266-1286)
Ghiyath ud-Din Mahmud (Balban) Ulugh Khan(1266-1286) : was son of a Turkish noble of the Ilbari tribe, but as a child was captured by Mongols and sold as a slave at Ghazni. Khwaja, Jamaluddin Basri of Baghdad. Later, he was bought by Sultan Iltutmish in 1232 CE, who at the orders of his own master, Qutbuddin Aibak, released him from slavery and brought him up in a manner befitting a prince. He was liberally educated. He introduced the Persian culture of zaminbos that is lying flat on one’s face before the emperor. He was first appointed as Khasdar (king’s personal attendant) by the Sultan. He became the head of the ‘Chalissa’, a group of forty Turkish nobles of the state. After the overthrow of Razia Sultana he made rapid strides in the subsequent reigns. He was initially the Prime Minister of Sultan Nasir ud din Mahmud from 1246 to 1266 and married his sister, but Balban declared himself the Sultan of Delhi after the previous sultan Nasir ud din Mahmud’s death because Sultan Nasir ud din Mahmud had no male heir. Sultan Balban ascended the throne in 1266 at the age of sixty with the title of Ghyas ud din Balban. During his reign, Balban ruled with an iron fist. He broke up the ‘Chihalgani’, a group of the forty most important nobles in the court. He tried to establish peace and order in the country of India. He built many outposts in areas where there was crime and garrisoned them with soldiers. Balban wanted to make sure everyone was loyal to the crown by establishing an efficient espionage system. Sultan Balban had a strong and well-organized spy system. Balban struck coins in gold, silver, billion and copper. The gold and silver tankas are usually well struck. The silver Tankas were also struck in Alwar, Sultanur and at a hitherto unidentified mint that has provisionally been read as Nimur. A few silver one-twelfth tankas are known. Balban was the last Sultan to use the horseman design on billion issue.
The ruler’s title on most of the Tankas is: al-sultan al-azam ghiyath al-dunya wa’l din abu’l muzaffar balban shah al-sultan . “SAVE HERITAGE SAVE COINS”