Mughal ; Jahangir (AH 1014-1037, 1605-1628 AD), Silver Rupee, Mint : Agra ( FULL Mint ) , Month Azar, AH 1020/6,
Note : An ornate design on both sides, legend within a mihrab shaped enclosure on rev. (KM A144.1) ; Extremely Rare
Note : The mihrabi enclosure on this coin is adorned with captivating decorative floriated fields which showcases the pinnacle of artistry during the Mughal period.
Mughal ; Akbar (1556-1605 AD) ; Silver Rupee, Ahmadabad mint, Mihr 47, KM 94.2,
Obv: Jal Jalalhu Akbar Allah within in 4 pointed star. Rev: Zarb Ahmedabad Khurdad Ilahi 47 within 8 pointed star ; Rare Ornamnetal Issue
Weight : 11.32 Grams
Mughal ; Ex Rare ; Azam Shah ; Silver Rupee
Mint : Ahmednagar ; 1118 AH / RY ” Ahad “
Weight : 11.53 Grams
Note : Muhammad Azam Shah was the eldest son of the sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. He was born in the year 1653 CE in the city of Burhanpur. He was appointed as ‘Heir-apparent’ in the year 1681 CE to his father. He seized the throne of the Mughal Empire in the year 1707 CE after the death of his father Aurangzeb. But in the same year, he was defeated by his stepbrother Muhammad Mu’azzam in the battle of Jajau, who later sat on the Mughal throne by the title ‘Bahadur Shah I’.
This silver rupee was issued by Azam Shah during the first year of his reign in the Hijri year 1118. On the obverse, the side coin bears the legend as ‘Sikka zad dar jahan ba daulat-wa-jah badshah mumalik Azam Shah, AH 1118’. On the reverse side, the coin bears the legend as ‘julus-e-ashraf, sanah ahad, zarb Ahmednagar’.
Mughal ; Ex Rare ; Kam Baksh (1707-1708 AD), Ahsanabad, Silver Rupee, 1120 AH/ 2 RY, Obv: “deen-e-panah” couplet, Rev: sana julus zarb at bottom, (KM # 336.1), Extremely fine, Beautifully struck, well centered ; Exceedingly rare..!! ; Weight : 11.54 Grams
Ahsanabad later known as ‘Gulbarga’ (presently in Karnataka) was founded by the Bahamani Sultans in the 14th century as their captital. Aurangzeb effectually occupied the city in 1098 AH and it was annexed in the Mughal Empire. Aurangzeb issued coins under the mint name Gulbarga and in his last ruling years the name was changed to Ahsanabad. Aurangzeb during his last years had appointed his son Kam Baksh as the subahdar (subaidar) of Bijapur on 16th February 1707.
Kam Bakhsh’s coin are known to be issued under both the mint names although he ruled short but Ahsanabad is very rare. Another remarkable feature on this coin is the mint mark which is only found on coins of Aurangzeb issud from Bijapur.
Mughal ; Jahangir (AH 1014-1037, 1605-1627 AD), Silver Sawai Rupee (25% Heavy weight) (Sawai = One and a quarter), Weight : 14.26 gms, Lahore Mint (fully visible at bottom on rev at 5’o clock), AH 1019, RY 5, Ta Falak’ Couplet ; Extremely Rare specimen.
The ‘Ta Falak’ couplet on the coin reads as:
بدهر باد روان تا فلک بود در دور
بنام شاه جهانگیر سکه لاهور
Ba-dahr Bad Rawan Ta Falak Bud Dar Daur
Ba-naam-i-Shah Jahangir, Sikka-i-Lahore
(In the world so long the heavens revolve may current be
in the name of Shah Jahangir, the money of Lahore).
The heavy weight coins with the ‘Ta Falak’ couplet were struck from Lahore only during the fourth, fifth and sixth regnal years of Jahangir hence considered rare. As they were 25% higher weight than the prevailing normal Rupee of approx 11.4g, they are also known as ‘Sawai’ (sawa meaning one-fourth). Jahangir had experimented with the coin weights in the initial years of his rule with heavy weight coins minted known as the Jahangiri (20% overweight) and Sawai (25% over weight).
Mughal ; Akbar, Qila Bandhu (Bandhogarh) Mint, Silver Rupee, ‘Qila-e-Bandhu’ Couplet, Obv: Persian legend “riwaj sikka-e-allahu Akbar”, Rev: Persian legend “Buwad ba qila-e-Bandhu barabar”, 11.28 Grams (KM # 96.1), Extremely Rare.
Note: The fortress of Bandhu, in modern-day Bandhavgarh (Bandhogarh) in Umaria district in Madhya Pradesh, is thought to be at least 2000 years old. This issue must have been struck when the fortress was occupied by Akbar’s army. It is the only issue with this mint’s name. The couplet reads: “May the current coin of Akbar, the Divine Be equal to (the name of) the fort of Bandhu”. Bandhogarh is today home to a popular tiger reserve.
Mughal ; Rebellion issue of Nooruddin Jahangir,
Minted at Allahabad during the reign of Akbar.
Set of Silver Rupee & 1/2 Rupee ; Extremely Rare as a Set
Note : These issues are generally associated with the Rebellion period of Salim (Jahangir). When he was rebelling against his father, Emperor Akbar.
Obv : ‘Hamesha hamchu zar mihr wa mah raij bad’
Rev : ‘baghrub wa sharq jahan sikka Allahabad’.
Translation is ‘Like the gold of the sun and moon, may ever rule; in the world’s east to west, the coin of Allahabad’.
Mughal ; Muhammad Akbar II, 1st reign, 1788, AR rupee Saharanpur, AH1203 year one (ahad), KM-760, RRR, Exceedingly Rare
Note : After the Maratha occupation of Delhi, Shah Alam II was expelled, replaced first by Bedar Bakht. Very soon thereafter, under the domination of the Rohilla Chieftain Ghulam Qadir, Bedar Bakht was replaced by Muhammad Akbar, then about 28 years old. However, very shortly afterwards, Ghulam Qadir was captured by Mahadaji Sindhia, who reinstated Shah Alam II to the Mughal throne in Delhi.
Obv : Muhammad Akbar II and date (KM 760; only a couple of specimens are known, see The New York Sale XXV, January 2011, lot 381 and Baldwin’s Auction 45, 2006, lot 1341).
Note : The Hijra year 1203 was a period of turmoil and change for the Indian Emperors. It saw the rule of Delhi changing from the hands of Shah Alam II to Bedar Bakht, from Bedar Bakht to Muhammad Akbar II and from Muhammad Akbar II to Shah Alam II again. The young Prince Akbar II was enthroned by the Rohilla chief Ghulam Qadir. Mirza Akbar Shah wrote to Nawab Faizullah Khan: “ …on 14 th Muharram (15 th October) the imperial throne was illuminated by our august accession and the sound of the kettle-drum of felicitations reached the ears of the inhabitants of earth and the world above … the face of Gold and Silver coins shone brighter than the sun and the moon by the effluence of the impression, of our name on them ”. This reign was very short lived when Ghulam Qadir ran away and Mahadaji Scindhia captured Delhi to reinstate the blind emperor Shah Alam II to the throne on 17 October 1788. It is very interesting to note that the emperor has left us a written record of the fact that Khutba was read and coins were struck in both gold and silver for such a short reign and that both such coins have been discovered. For detailed discussion of the event and coinage of the puppets see the article by Dr Shailendra Bhandare “ Muhammad Akbar: A pawn in politics: the first reign ”
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