of circular form consisting of two stepped bands surmounted by a domed central boss with hole at the apogee; the outer band with a band of cartouches containing inscription in thuluth interspersed by roundels containing lotus flowers, the outer band with alternating roundels containing lotus flowers and lozenges containing flowerheads on a ground of vegetal interlace, the central boss with engraved decoration
25.6 cm. diam

Footnotes

Provenance: Christie's, Islamic Art and Manuscripts, 10 October 2000, lot 292.

Inscriptions: 'al-'izz li-mawla [na] al-sul[tan ...al-a]/'zam al-khaqan al-mu'azzam zill allah fi / al-'alam malik riqab al-umam nazim al-amn / wa al-aman ghiyath al-haqq wa al-dunya wa al-din/
(Glory to our lord the Sultan ..... the most great, the mighty emperor, the shadow of God in the world, the master who curbs the necks of nations, the one who regulates safety and security, succor of the truth and world and religion [Ghiyath al-Din]).

The inscription could refer to the Kart rulers of Eastern Khurasan and Northern Afghanistan namely Ghiyath al-Din I (707-29/1308-29) and Ghiyath al-Din II (772-91/1370-89) (see Clifford Edmond Bosworth, The New Islamic Dynasties, A Chronological and Genealogical Manual, Edinburgh 2004, p. 263) or the Injuid Ghiyath al-Din ibn Mahmud Shah brother of Abu Ishaq. (Bosworth, p. 266), even though the latter never ruled.

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