INDIA - DELHI SULTAN - ALA UD DIN KHILJI - TWO GANI (AH 695-715) BILLON COIN
REF: D233, DENOMINATION: 2 GANI, COMPOSITION: BILLON, WEIGHT: 3.50 GRAM SIZE: 14.53 MM
OBVERSE: AL SULTAN AL A ZAM ALA AL DUNYA WA L DIN
REVERSE : MUHAMMAD SHAH IN CENTER SRI SULTAN ALAVADININ NAGARI AROUND
RULER: ALA AL DIN MUHAMMAD: AH 695-715 /1296-1316 AD
Ala-ud-din Khilji ( real name Ali Gurshap; died 1316) was the second ruler of the Turko-Afghan Khilji dynasty in India. He is considered the most powerful ruler of the dynasty,reigning from 1296 to 1316.His historic attack on Chittor in 1303 AD, after hearing of the beauty of queen of Chittor, Rani Padmini, the wife of King Rawal Ratan Singh and the subsequent story has been immortalized in the epic poemPadmavat, written by Malik Muhammad Jayasi in the Awadhi language in the year 1540.Alauddin is also noted in history for being one of the few rulers to repeatedly defeat the warring Mongols and thereby saving India from plundering raids and attacks.
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