Shahada // Yamin al-(Dawla) wa amin al-milla Mahmud bin Nasir al D(in?) (œRight Hand of the State and Keeper of the Faith, Mahmud bin Nasir al-Din�). 10mm, 0.46 grams.  Unnamed (Multan) mint. Struck circa AD 1005/6-1010. F&T FG4; Album 1613; ICV “. SKU T927-52247

In the name of the Ghaznavid sultan Mahmud bin al-Nasir al-Din (AH 388-421 / AD 998-1030). These tiny coins are historically interesting, as they bear witness to the conquest of Multan by Sultan Mahmud and the end of Qarmatian-Ismaili rule in Punjab.