INDIA, Islamic Sultanates. Bengal. Ghiyath al-Din 'Iwad. Governor, AH 614-616 / AD 1217-1220. AV Fractional tanka of 40 rati (19mm, 4.60 g, 3h). Struck in the name of Shams al-Din Iltutmish, Sultan of Dehli. Uncertain mint. Dated AH 614 (AD 1217/8). Man left on horseback, holding mace; Shahada and AH date in outer margin / al-sultan al-mu’azzam/shams al-dunya wa’l din/abu’l muzaffar iltutmish al-qutbi/nasir amir al-mu’minin in four lines across field. CIS B11; cf. Rajgor Type 849 (for type). Lightly toned, areas of flat strike. VF. Clear AH date. Very rare.