Horseman left, holding standard, Sri Shalifa in Nagari / Bull standing left, Sri Alava Sulitan in Nagari. 14mm, 3.31 grams. Mint of Delhi. "The Coins of the Indian Sultanates" D129; Tye 404.

he rare type with Sri Shailfa is MUCH rarer than the common Sri Hamira type. The Delhi Sultanate, or Sulthanath-e-Hind/Sulthanath-e-Dilli refers to the various dynasties that ruled in India from 1210 to 1526. Several Turko-Afghan dynasties ruled from Delhi: the Slave dynasty (1206-90), the Khilji dynasty (1290-1320), the Tughlaq dynasty (1320-1413), the Sayyid dynasty (1414-51), and the Lodi (1451-1526).