Arabic inscriptions on both sides: Al-Sultan al-azam Mu'izz ud-dunya wa ud-din / Abduh al-Malik al-mu'azzam Taj ud-dunya wa ud-din Yildiz. 15mm, 2.98 grams. Ghazna mint. Tye 199.

Citing Sultan Muhammad Ghori within the inscription. Nice billon coin, scarce.

Tajuddin Yildiz was a Turkic slave of Sultan Shahabuddin Muhammad Ghori who rose to become ruler of Ghazni after Mohamed Ghori's death. Tajuddin Yildiz twice tried to conquer Sindh but Nasir-ud-Din Qabacha defeated him in 1210. During the rule of Iltutmish he also tried to lay his claim on Delhi but was defeated by the Iltutmish at Tarain. After being led through the streets of Delhi was sent to Budaun, where he was put to death in the same year.