This Billon Jital coin was issued under the last sultan Taj al Daula Khusru Malik (AH 555-582, 1160-1186 AD) of the Ghaznavid dynasty.   The size is 13 x 13 mm, and

the weight is 2.62 gr.  Compact.  Well struck.  "Holly Bull / Arabic legends" type.  Tye-117.4.  It was minted in Kurraman City.   The realm of the dynasty was shrinking. 

It dominated around Lahore only.    The Numista rarity index of Numista-110421, is "88".   Rare and hard to get.


The Ghaznavid dynasty was a Muslim Turkic dynasty of mamluk origin, ruling 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.

Sebuktigin's son, Mahmud of Ghazni (997-1030), declared independence from the Samanid Empire, and expanded the Ghaznavid Empire to the Amu Darya, the Indus

River and the Indian Ocean in the east and Hamadan in the west.  Under the reign of Mas'ud I (1030-1041), the Ghaznavid dynasty began losing control over its western

territories to the the Seljuq dynasty, resulting in a restriction of its holdings to modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan.  In 1151, Sultan Bahram Shah (1117-1157) lost

Ghazni to Ghurid king 'Ala al din Husayn.


Ghaznavid struggles with the Ghurids continued in subsequent years as they nibbled away at Ghaznavid territory, and Ghazni and Zabulistan were lost to a group of

Oghuz Turks before being captured by the Ghurids.  Ghazni fell to the Ghurids around 1170.  After the fall of Ghazn, the Ghaznavids established themselves in Lahore,

their regional capital for Indian territories since its conquest by Mahmud of Ghazni, which became the new capital of the Late Ghaznavids.  

Ghaznavid power in northwestern India continued until the Ghurid conquest of Lahore by Muhammad of Ghor in 1186, deposing the last Ghaznavid ruler Malik.  Both

Khusrau Malik and his son were imprisoned and summarily executed in 1191.

[The above explanations are quoted from Wikipedia on each item.].


I will attach share free photos of "Ghaznavid portrait, Palace of Lashkari Bazar" and share free historical maps of "Ghaznavid Empire at its greatest extent in 1030

CE" and of "South Asia in 1175".   The mint city was Kurraman.  It was located in the Kurraman Valley at the boarder arear of now Pakistan and Afghanistan.  The

Kurraman Valley is located around (33.8171, 69.9655) in the google location system.  I will attach some photos of the valley from the google map system and from

the google street view system.  


Billon Jital coin.   "Holly Bull / Arabic legends" type.   Compact.  Well struck.  Rare and hard to get.

Provenance: Ex "松浦古銭堂" (Matsu'ura Kosen-doh), Famous Coin Shop, which is located in Nerima-Ku, Tokyo.

Design: Stylized bull to left with geometric design.  A Nagari legend of "Sri Sama", above. /

              An Arabic legend of " السلطان الا عظم تاج الدواه خسرو ماك " (es-sultan el-a'zam Taj al Daula Khusru Malik) ⇒ The very great sultan, Taj al Daula, Khusru Malik.

Catalogue number is Tye-117.4, MI-803, Zeno-133402, and Numista-110421.   

         Tye Catalogue is "Jitals,  A catalogue and Account of the Coin Denomination of Daily Use in Medieval Afghanistan and North West India", written by Robert &

         Monica Tye, published by Robert Tye in Isle of South Uist in 1995.  

         MI Catalogue is "Oriental coins and their values, The World of Islam", written by Michael Mitchiner, published by Hawkins Publications in London in 1977.   

         Zeno List online catalogue is "Zeno. Ru - Oriental Coins Database".

         Numista Catalogue is "Coin Catalogue-Numista", a unique platform to learn, collect, swap and share about numismatics.

Size: 13 x 13 mm.   Weight: 2.62 gr.


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