INDIA - DELHI SULTANATE -  ALA AL DIN MASUD - DEHLI MINT (1242-1246 AD) 1 JITAL

D126, Denomination: 1 Jital, Date: 1242-1246 AD, Composition: Billon, Size: 14.55 mm, Weight: 3.62 Gram

Obv: horseman to tight; masud shah above,

Rev: al-sultan al-azam ala al-dunya wa l din, 

Ruler: Ala al-din Masud : AH 639-644 / 1242-1246 AD

Ala ud-Din Masud (died 10 June 1246, 1242–1246) was the seventh sultan of the Mamluk dynasty (Slave dynasty). He was the son of Rukn ud-Din Firuz (1236), son of Sultan Illtutmish and Shah Turkan and the nephew of Sultan Raziyyat (1236–40). After his predecessor and uncle Muiz ud-Din Bahram was murdered by the army in 1242 after years of disorder, the chiefs chose for him to become the next ruler. However, he was more of a puppet for the chiefs and did not actually have much power or influence in the government. Instead, he became infamous for his fondness for entertainment and wine. Like his predecessor, he was considered "incompetent and worthless." By 1246, the chiefs became upset with his increasing hunger for more power in the government, and replaced him with his cousin Nasiruddin Mahmud (1246–66), grandson of Iltutmish through his son Nasiruddin Mahmud. The Mongols plundered Lahore in 1246.