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Lot Essay
The inscription reads:
l'il-sultan al-a'zam abu'l-muzaffar Bahram Shah
Bahram Shah (r.1118-1157), the Ghaznavid ruler of present-day Afghanistan and the Punjab, called on the help of Sanjar, the Great Seljuk Sultan, in his battles against his brothers on the death of his father Mas'ud III. While Bahram Shah was eventually victorious, the price he had to pay was to acknowledge the suzeranity of the Seljuks and to pay them high tribute. His actions through his reign ensured that the dynasty collapsed shortly after his death.
While a number of these stamped glass medallions have appeared in recent years, they are almost invariably pictorial. The present roundel is the first to have been published from this group which names a known historical figure.
l'il-sultan al-a'zam abu'l-muzaffar Bahram Shah
Bahram Shah (r.1118-1157), the Ghaznavid ruler of present-day Afghanistan and the Punjab, called on the help of Sanjar, the Great Seljuk Sultan, in his battles against his brothers on the death of his father Mas'ud III. While Bahram Shah was eventually victorious, the price he had to pay was to acknowledge the suzeranity of the Seljuks and to pay them high tribute. His actions through his reign ensured that the dynasty collapsed shortly after his death.
While a number of these stamped glass medallions have appeared in recent years, they are almost invariably pictorial. The present roundel is the first to have been published from this group which names a known historical figure.