Reclining bull left, SRI SAMANTA DEVA in Nagari // Arabic legend: Khusru / al-Sultan/al-a'zam/abu sa'd/Mas'ud. 14mm, 3.25 grams. Tye 105. SKU T1759-52937

Mas'ud III ruled as a Ghaznavid Sultan for sixteen years, with no major event in his lifetime. Signs of weakness in the state became apparent when he died in 1115, with internal strife between his sons ending with the ascension of Sultan Bahram Shah as a Seljuk vassal.