INDIAN & ISLAMIC COINS THE AL-SAYYED COLLECTION IMPORTANT INDIAN & ANCIENT COINS SULTANATES Sultans of Dehli. Mu‘izz al-Din Bahram, AH 637-639; 1240-1242 A.D. Tanka, Dehli, date off flan. AR 10.89 g. Ruler’s titles. Rev. Caliph al-Mustansir. Both sides struck within double square within circle. G&G D111. Scarce. Very fine Raziyya was overthrown in a rebellion and replaced by Bahram, who was another son of Iltutmish. Bahram, however, was a mere puppet in the hands of the Turkish nobility, who had the real power. The sultan, tiring of his lack of power, committed various unwise acts, which caused the nobles to depose and execute him.
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