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<p>[QUOTE="THCoins, post: 4873229, member: 57364"]I am afraid your case won't hold in court. And if you are implying i based my opinion on Wikipedia, you are wrong. I actually read most of the available primary sources on the period, you might to. But let's just agree to disagree. For the purpose of this forum it seems good for the readers to know that there are different views. As you also seem to suggest, i agree that objective discussion on the history of the region is negatively affected by current Hindu-Muslim controversies (i am neither).</p><p><br /></p><p>As we both seem to have an interest in how stately affairs were run in this period, i think you might also be interested in the coin below. Or actually it is not a coin, but one of the oldest known tax-tokens of the region.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1177017[/ATTACH]</p><p>(AE 17 mm, 2.11 gr)</p><p>Obv: Elephant with rider holding spear to left in serrated circle.</p><p>Rev: “Danganah / al-sultan al-a’zam / Muhammad bin al-sultan /Shafurqan.</p><p><br /></p><p>This token was issued in the city of Shafurqan during the reign of Ala al-Din Muhammad Khwarezmshah (1200-1220 CE).</p><p>Its use is revealed by the top line of the legend side on the right. This reads "Danganah" in Arab. Danganah was a customs duty which had to be paid on top of the taxes which were levied on goods imported into the city. This tax was a cause of much discontent, as tariffs were set at will by local officials (with consent of the Sultan) and the proceeds used to fill their pockets.</p><p><br /></p><p>This tax persisted in the region until being abolished during the tax reforms in the reign of Firuz Shah Tughluq of Dehli (1351-1388 CE).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="THCoins, post: 4873229, member: 57364"]I am afraid your case won't hold in court. And if you are implying i based my opinion on Wikipedia, you are wrong. I actually read most of the available primary sources on the period, you might to. But let's just agree to disagree. For the purpose of this forum it seems good for the readers to know that there are different views. As you also seem to suggest, i agree that objective discussion on the history of the region is negatively affected by current Hindu-Muslim controversies (i am neither). As we both seem to have an interest in how stately affairs were run in this period, i think you might also be interested in the coin below. Or actually it is not a coin, but one of the oldest known tax-tokens of the region. [ATTACH=full]1177017[/ATTACH] (AE 17 mm, 2.11 gr) Obv: Elephant with rider holding spear to left in serrated circle. Rev: “Danganah / al-sultan al-a’zam / Muhammad bin al-sultan /Shafurqan. This token was issued in the city of Shafurqan during the reign of Ala al-Din Muhammad Khwarezmshah (1200-1220 CE). Its use is revealed by the top line of the legend side on the right. This reads "Danganah" in Arab. Danganah was a customs duty which had to be paid on top of the taxes which were levied on goods imported into the city. This tax was a cause of much discontent, as tariffs were set at will by local officials (with consent of the Sultan) and the proceeds used to fill their pockets. This tax persisted in the region until being abolished during the tax reforms in the reign of Firuz Shah Tughluq of Dehli (1351-1388 CE).[/QUOTE]
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