INDIA - GHAZNAVIDS EMPIRE - TAJ KHUSRU MALIK - 1 JITAL (1160-1186 AD) BILLON COIN
GZ64, Denomination: 1 Jital, Date: 1160-1186 AD, Composition: Billon, Size: 14.25 mm, Weight: 3.10 Gram
Obv: within double circle and circle of dots: khusru malik, crescent instead of star.
Rev: al-sultan al-a ‘zam siraj al-daula,
Ruler: Taj al-Daula Khusru Malik: AH 555-582 / 1160-1186 AD
The Ghaznavid dynasty was a culturally Persianate, Sunni Muslim dynasty of Turkic mamluk origin, ruling, at its greatest extent, large parts of Persia, Khorasan, much of Transoxiana and the northwest Indian subcontinent from 977 to 1186. The dynasty was founded by Sabuktigin upon his succession to the rule of Ghazna after the death of his father-in-law, Alp Tigin, who was an ex-general of the Samanid Empire from Balkh, north of the Hindu Kush in Greater Khorasan.
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