DELHI SULTANS Mubarak I 1316-20 AD 8 gani 718 AH (1318 AD)
$22.5
$34.42
DescriptionMubarak usurped the throne from his brother and was assassinated four years later. He was interested in monetary reforms, and that’s what the square coins were about.Dehli is how Delhi is written in Arabic. The Dehli Sultans, or “slave kings of Delhi,” started out as Turkish slave soldiers (mamluks). As mamluks were often given positions of responsibility by their owners, there was a tendency for them to usurp power and establish dynasties, and that’s what happened in Delhi. The reference used for the coins is “The Coins of the Indian Sultanates,” by Goenka and Goron.
