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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Muhammad Niazi, post: 25850174, member: 83232&quot;]Of that lion whose abode is within the Lions Jaws,</p><p>The lions of the universe are in great affright.</p><p>Thought shouldst, O lion, from the Jaws show they teeth,</p><p>Since these are in terror of the Lions Jaws.</p><p><br /></p><p>An envoy of the khwarezm leader Sultan Shah called the minstrel to sing these lines, as they lay encamped on the borders of the Ghorid empire, in a pass known as Daaman-i-Sher (the lions jaws).</p><p><br /></p><p>- Source: Tyes Jitals, referencing an account in jurjani.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1647880[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This very rare billon coin belongs to the Ghorid sultan, Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad bin Sam who resigned between 1163-1203AD. The Ghorid empire stretched from central Asia through the subcontinent as far as Bengal.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin depicts a man riding a lion, with a dagger in hand. A popular depiction in the Islamic world based on the Hero Zir Salim of the Basus war in pre islamic Arabia. (See slide 3).</p><p>The depiction can also refer to the subjugation of the khwarezm state (the lion).</p><p>The other side reads:</p><p>&quot;Al-Sultan al muazzam Ghiyath al-duniya wa al-Din Abu &#039;l-fath Muhammad bin Sam.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>One specimen posted on zeno by vaxtankava (<a href="https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=212316&amp;cat=19876&amp;ppuser=&amp;sortby=d&amp;way=desc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=212316&amp;cat=19876&amp;ppuser=&amp;sortby=d&amp;way=desc" rel="nofollow">link</a>) is a obverse die match to my coin, I combined both coins using photoshop to get a full view of the obverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1647881[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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