INDIA-Bengal Sultanate Rupee (Narayani Mudra) 1493-1576 Ala al din Husain. Husainabad mint. A nice specimen! XF

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1493-1576, India, Bengal Sultanate, Ala al din Husain. Silver Tanka Coin. Husainabad mint.

Denomination: Tanka
Reference: G&G#B770.
Condition: A nice XF!
Mint Period: 1493-1576 (struck with frozen year 89)
Mint Place: Husainabad (Kapurthala district, Punjab State, India)
Material: Silver
Weight: 10.62gm
Diameter: 28mm






Ala-ud-din Husain Shah (Bengali: আলাউদ্দিন হোসেন শাহ; Persian: علاء الدین حسین شاه; r.1494–1519) was an independent late medieval Sultan of the Bengal Sultanate, who founded the Hussain Shahi dynasty. He became the ruler of Bengal after assassinating the Abyssinian Sultan, Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar Shah, whom he had served under as wazir. After his death in 1519, the oldest surviving of his sons Nusrat Shah succeeded him. Alauddin Husain Shah is regarded as one of the greatest rulers in Bengali history, and the reigns of Husain Shah and Nusrat Shah are generally regarded as the "golden age" of the Bengal Sultanate.

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