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Burji Mamluks. al-Zahir Sayf al-Din Bilbay. AH 872 / AD 1467. AV Ashrafi (13.9mm, 3.41 g, 2h). Mint and date not visible. Good VF.
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Islamic Auction 9
Live bidding begins Apr 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM BST
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Burji Mamluks. al-Zahir Sayf al-Din Bilbay. AH 872 / AD 1467. AV Ashrafi (13.9mm, 3.41 g, 2h). Mint and date not visible. Balog, Mamluk, Additions and Corrections 800B; Album 1023. Good VF. Extremely rare.
The gold ashrafis of the ephemeral ruler Bilbay 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.
The final winners of all CNG Islamic Auction 9 lots will be determined during the live sale that will be held on 24-25 April 2025.
Islamic Auction 9 – Session Two – Lots 256–529 will be held Thursday afternoon, 25 April 2025 beginning at 2:00 PM GMT.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
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The gold ashrafis of the ephemeral ruler Bilbay 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.
The final winners of all CNG Islamic Auction 9 lots will be determined during the live sale that will be held on 24-25 April 2025.
Islamic Auction 9 – Session Two – Lots 256–529 will be held Thursday afternoon, 25 April 2025 beginning at 2:00 PM GMT.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.
