Tag Archive for: Borji Mamluks Dynasty (1382- 1517)

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Coin 201 – al-Nasir Nasir al-din Muhammad IV. AH 901-904 / AD 1496-1498, Gold Dinar, NGC AU Details

Mint "al-Qahira", year (off the flan). Obverse, "…(al)Nasir, Mohammad bin/ Qa'itbay Rahmatullah Ezza (Nusratah)…" Reverse, "bil-Qahira" followed by Shahadah for Allah and Prophet Mohammad
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Coin 202 – al-Zahir Abu-Sa’id Qansuh I. AH 904-905 / AD 1498-1500, Gold Dinar, NGC AU Details

Mint "al-Qahira", year (off the flan). Obverse, al-Sultan/ ..zahir, Qanush/…. Reverse, Shahdah for Allah and Prophet Mohammad He was the brother of Sultan's favorite wife thus gained an important standing in the court. Mamluk officers…
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Coin 203 – al-Ashraf Abu’l-Nasr Janbalat. AH 905-906 / AD 1500-1501, Gold Dinar, NGC AU-58

Mint or date not visible. Obverse, "….al-Ashraf/(Abu Nasr) Janbalat Reverse, Shahdah for Allah and Prophet Mohammad One year rule did not allow much to be done
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Coin 204 – al-‘Adil Sayf al-din Tomanbay. AH 906 / AD 1501, Gold Dinar, NGC AU-58

Mint or date not visible. Obverse, "al-Sultan al Qadir/ (Ezza) Nusratah Tumaan….", Reverse, Shahadah for Allah and Prophet Mohammad followed by the phrase "bil-hoda" One year rule did not allow much to be done
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Coin 205 – al-Ashraf Abu’l-Nasr Qansuh II al-Ghuri. AH 906-922 / AD 1501-1516, Gold Dinar, NGC AU Details

Mint "al-Qahira" no date or off the flan. Obverse, "al-Sultan/ al-Malik al-Ashraf/ Qanush al-Ghuri/ (Ezza) Nusratah. Reverse, "bi-al-Qahira" followed by Shahadah for Allah and Prophet Mohammad Ghuri and his domain of Egypt became…
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Coin 206 – al-Ashraf Tomanbay II. AH 922 / AD 1516-1517, Gold Dinar, NGC XF Details

Mint: "al-Qahira", year 922 AH. Obverse, "…. N (Sultan?)/ al-Malik al-Ashraf/ Abuy Nasr Tumaan Bay. Reverse, bi al-Qahira followed by Shahadah for Allah and Prophet Mohammad He governed only a few month in the year 922.
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Coin 194 – al-Mansur Fakhr al-din ‘Uthman. AH 857 / AD 1453, Gold Dinar, NGC AU-55

No mint or date visible, Obverse with new design with name "Uthman" at the center, at the next ring partially off the flan and not legible. Reverse, "Allah" followed by Shahadah for Allah and Prophet Mohammad A Druz amir in present…
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Coin 198 – al-Zahir Sayf al-din Abu-Sa’id Bilbay, Gold Dinar, NGC AU-58

No mint or date visible. Obverse, al-Malik, al Sultan / Bilbay Saeed/ Ezza Nusrat(ah). Reverse, Shahadah for Allah and Prophet Mohammad Most of the short reign was mainly to survive
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Coin 199 – al-Zahir Abu-Sa’id Timurbugha. AH 872-873 / AD 1468, Gold Dinar, NGC AU Details

No mint or date visible. Obverse, "…./al Sultan al Malik al-Zahir/…Saeed….. Reverse, Shahadah for Allah and Prophet Mohammad Most of the short reign was mainly to survive
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Coin 200 – Al-Ashraf Sayf ad-Din Qa’itbay. AH 873-901 / AD 1468-1496, Gold Dinar, NGC AU Details

No mint or date visible. Obverse, …/ al-Malik al-Ashraf/ Qa'itbay E(zza) /….. Reverse Shahadah for Allah and Prophet Mohammad One of the longest reigns in Mamluk history, he was a highly cultured man with love for art and arc…