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Jital - Muizz al-din Muhammad bin Sam
| Issuer | Ghurid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1173-1206 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Devanagari |
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| Reverse description | Four-line Arabic inscription arranged horizontally across the field in Kufic script, presenting the ruler's titles and name. The legends are rendered in a bold, angular style typical of early Ghurid billon coinage. Strike is typical of hammered production, with some weakness at the irregular flan edges. The inscription fills the available field without a formal border frame. |
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Muizz al-din Muhammad bin Sam — better known in Western historiography as Muhammad of Ghor — used coinage as a deliberate instrument of political transition during his Indian campaigns. His jitals, struck across mints in the Punjab and Gandharan regions, initially retained Hindu iconographic conventions to ease absorption of conquered populations, then shifted progressively toward Islamic formulas as control solidified. The First Battle of Tarain in 1191 ended in his defeat by Prithviraj Chauhan; the rematch in 1192 did not, and the mint output reflects the administrative reorganization that followed almost immediately.
Tye 178.1 is among the better-documented varieties of his billon issues.