The Impact of Sufism on the coins of “Fath Shah” Sultan of Bengal (886 – 1481 / 893 A.H – 1487 A.D)

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Professor of Islamic Archaeology and Numismatics Department of Archaeology Faculty of Arts -Assuit University (Egypt)

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     In this research, I discussed the influence of Sufism on the coins of Fath shah.
I divided these Coins into two types according to their inscription.
   I Found out that, these two silver tankas bearing unique titles belong to Fath Shah.
   I tried to find out the significance of these titles in the light of the historical resources interested int that period

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