Old Madurai Sultan Coins

Madurai, the capital of the ancient Pandyan kingdom, is located in the southern part of the country and is known as Mabar by medieval historians. The province of Madurai was annexed to the Delhi Empire during the reign of Allauddin Khilji, under the leadership of Malik Kafur, a legion was sent to help Sundara Pandyar against his brother Veera Pandyar. Malik Kafur entered the city without much opposition, plundered the valuables, and returned to Delhi with a magnificent booty. A lieutenant was left behind at Mathura to rule the country on behalf of the Sultan of Delhi. This system of governing the province through governors continued until the early years of Muhammad Tughlaq. He appointed Jalaluddin Ahsan Shah of Kaithal as the governor of that province. He, taking advantage of the weakness at the centre, threw off allegiance to Delhi in 1333-35AD, declared himself Sultan, and laid the foundation of a kingdom that lasted for nearly half a century. The kingdom was absorbed into the Vijayanagara Empire in 1371 AD. During this period, eight rulers issued their coins in silver, bullion, copper and probably I gold.

According to LBN-Baduta, the first ruler of the dynasty, Jalaluddin Ahsan Shah, issued gold coins with Salatah Taha wa Yasin Abu-Muzaffar al-Muzakin Jalal-ud-Duniya wa al-Din (The. Jalal-ud-Dunya-wa-Din) on one side. Offspring). But no specimen of this coin is known so far. The known coins in other metals may be divided into two types. One has the sultan's name in a circle on the obverse and the date in Arabic numerals on the reverse.

Silver coins range in weight from 47 to 53 grains and billon and copper coins from 68 to 29. The metrology seems to have been influenced by the metrology of the early South Indian coins.

Madurai Sultan Kings List

Jalal-ud-din Shah - Ahsan Khan - 1335–1339 CE - ( جلال الدین شاہ )
Ala-ud-din Shah - Ala-ud-din Udauji Shah - 1339 CE - ( علاء الدین شاہ )
Qutb-ud-din Shah - Firuz Khan - 1339–1340 CE - ( قطب الدین شاہ )
Ghiyath-ud-din Shah - Muhammad Damghani - 1340–1344 CE - ( غیاث الدین شاہ )
Nasir-ud-din Shah - Mahmud Damghani - 1344–1345 CE - (ناصر الدین شاہ )
Shams-ud-din Shah - Adil Khan - 1356–1358 CE - ( شمس الدین شاہ )
Fakhr-ud-din Shah - Mubarak Khan - 1358–1368 CE - ( فخرالدین شاہ )
Ala-ud-din Shah II - Sikander Khan - 1368–1378 CE - ( علاء الدین شاہ )