Muhammad bin Sam, Gold Tanks, 4.20g, “Lakshmi- Bayana series” type, Obv: stylized Lakshmi seated facing, Rev: Devanagari legend Sri Ma ha / mi ra Ma ha / ma da Sa ma in three lines (Deyell 253). Very fine, rare.
Muhammad bin Sam returned to the Indian frontier again around 1196 to consolidate his hold in what is present-day Rajasthan. The territory of Bayana at the time was under the control of a sect of Yaduvanshi Rajputs. Muhammad, along with Qutb ud-Din Aibak, advanced and besieged Thankar whose ruler Kumara Pala was defeated. Muhammad placed the fort under his senior slave Bahauddin Tughril, who later established Sultankot and used it as his stronghold.