Burji Mamluks. al-Zahir Bilbay. AH 872 / AD 1467. AV Ashrafi (15mm, 3.41 g, 6h). Mint-name and date off flan. VF.

Islamic Auction 11 - Session One
Lot: 165. Estimated: $ 1 500

Ayyubids and Mamluks, Gold

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Burji Mamluks. al-Zahir Bilbay. AH 872 / AD 1467. AV Ashrafi (15mm, 3.41 g, 6h). Mint-name and date off flan. Balog –; Album 1023; ICV 1059. VF. Extremely rare.

Bilbay’s gold ashrafis are among the greatest rarities of the Mamluk series. He ruled briefly after the death of Khushqadam, who succumbed to dysentery in AH 872, but Bilbay’s authority was fatally compromised by the influence of other mamluks recruited by Khushqadam. After reigning for less than two months, Bilbay was deposed in favour of Timurbugha, another short-lived Mamluk sultan. Timurbugha was himself overthrown later in AH 872 and replaced by Qa’itbay. But while Timurbugha was allowed to live on in honourable retirement, the unfortunate Bilbay died in AH 873.

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