Sri Amara / Siyamka in Sharada script which is a sanskritization of the Arabic name Muhammad // Three dot motif surrounded by stylized Sri TaPa with a cross, and Lillah Fahad (in Kufic/Arabic) below the three dots. Multan mint. 10mm, 0.48 g. Fishman and Todd M79.

Very rare, with only a handful of known examples.

Sri Amara Siyaṃka or “Amarasiyaka” is a Prakrit spelling of a well-attested Sanskrit name “Amarasimha/ Simhadeva”. It is possible that this was Fahad’s Hindu name. Alternatively, it might be a religious reference (as Amarasimha is the “lion-god”) referring to the lion avatar of Vishnu much like many of Fahad’s predecessors referred to the boar avatar of Vishnu. 

The Samids of Multan claimed descent from the Banu Sama which was a part of the Quraysh tribal federation based out of Mecca. They were settled in Oman prior to moving to Sindh and capturing the city of Multan. The Samids ruled Multan till its annexation by Mahmud of Ghazni towards the end of the tenth century CE. Madhumati is a Sanskritization of the Arabic name Muhammad.