222, Lot: 503. Estimate $500. Sold for $460. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Seljuk). Khwarizm Shahs. Jalal al-Din Mangubarni. AH 617-628 / AD 1220-1231. AR Dirhem (15mm, 2.98 g, 3h). Ghazna mint. Name and titles of 'Jalal al-Din Mangubarni / Name and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir. SNA Tübingen XIVd, -; Album 1745. VF. Extremely rare.

An attempt to foster peaceful relations between the Khwarizmshahs of Persia and the Mongols went horribly wrong when a greedy Persian governor robbed and massacred a Mongol diplomatic mission. The resulting war ended in the death of Shah Ala al-Din and the the complete conquest of Persia by Chingiz Khan. Jalal al-Din, the son of Shah Ala al-Din, held out at the end in Ghazna before fleeing to India in 1222.