Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1615. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Islamic Sultanates. Bengal. Ghiyath al-Din 'Iwad. 1219-1227. AR Tanka (10.79 gm, 1h). Dated AH 616 (1219/20 AD). Legend with 'Iwad's titles / Kalima in circle; date in margin. CIS B27 (same dies); Rajgor 119; cf. MWI 2704. Good VF, a bit weak on the periphery. Rare. ($500)

'Iwad was appointed governor of Bengal under the Dehli sultans in 1213. In 1219 he declared himself Sultan of Bengal, an act noted by this rare silver tanka. Iltutmish of Dehli deposed and executed 'Iwad in 1227.