Jaunpur coins catalog with values

 

Sultanate of Jaunpur

The founder of Jaunpur Sultanate was Malik Sarwar, a eunuch slave and vizier at the Delhi court, who was appointed in 1394 by the Delhi Sultan Mahmud Shah III Tughlaqid as the governor of the region along the middle reaches of the Ganges, centered in Jaunpur. On the orders of Mahmud Shah III, Malik Sarwar conquered Aud (1394), for which he received from the sultan the opulent title "Malik-ash-Shark" (ملک الشرق - "Lord of the East"). As a result of Tamerlane's invasion of North India and the subsequent defeat of the Delhi Sultanate in 1398-1399, Malik Sarwar became a de facto independent ruler and assumed the title "Atabeg-e-Azam", although formally he continued to recognize the power of Delhi. Malik Sarwar's adopted son and heir Mubarak Shah (1399-1402), the founder of the Sharqi dynasty, obtained the privilege of minting his own coinage, after which he ordered the khutba to be recited in his own name only, without mentioning the Delhi sultan, and assumed the title "Sultan ash-Sharq" ("Sultan of the East").

Jaunpur Sultanate reached its greatest prosperity during the reign of Ibrahim Shah (1402-1440), under whom the city of Jaunpur became a recognized center of science and art and was famous for its architectural masterpieces. Jaunpur developed its own inimitable school of Muslim architecture. Contemporaries referred to Jaunpur of that period as "India's Shiraz".
Its power extended to Bihar, Aud, Kannauj and Baraich.

The last Sultan of Jaunpur, Husain Shah (1458-1479), waged war with the Delhi Sultanate throughout his reign, trying to restore the Sayyid dynasty to the throne. In 1477, at the decisive battle of Kalpi, Sultan Husayn Shah suffered a crushing defeat and fled to Kannauj. In 1479, Sultan of Delhi Bahlul Khan Lodi again defeated Husain Shah's forces and besieged Jaunpur. Husain Shah fled to Bengal and Jaunpur became part of the Delhi Sultanate.

 

 

Jaunpur Tanka

Hussein Shah (1458-1479)

tanka no date
silver
Value - 8-12 USD

 

 

 

 

 

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