Shah Sikandar ibn Ilyas Shah al-Sultan within a circle / Al-Mujaheed fi sabil al-rahman within a circle, mint and date in the margin around (al-Balad Firuzabad, 761 AH (1360 CE)). 26mm, 10.69 grams. Firuzabad mint. "The coins of Indian Sultanates" #B165.

Rare with the entire margin, both the mint and the date, readable.

The Bengal Sultanate was an independent Muslim kingdom that ruled much of Bengal from the mid-14th to the late 16th century, emerging when regional governors broke away from the weakening Delhi Sultanate. Founded by Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah, it unified Bengal and developed into a prosperous trading state with strong links to the Middle East and Southeast Asia. The sultanate was known for its cultural blending of Islamic and local Bengali traditions, reflected in its architecture and coinage. It reached its height under rulers like Alauddin Husain Shah, before gradually weakening due to internal strife and external threats, eventually being absorbed into the expanding Mughal Empire under Akbar in the late 1500s.