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1 kori - Rai Singh Jhala Dhrangadhra
| Issuer | Dhrangadhra State (Rai Singh Jhala) |
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| Year | 1598-1604 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the Kalima Shahada inscription in bold, deeply struck Arabic script, distributed across multiple lines within the round, irregularly shaped flan. The legend proclaims the Islamic declaration of faith in the name of Allah and the Prophet Muhammad. The lettering is characteristic of late Mughal hammered coinage, with fluid calligraphic strokes filling the entire coin face. No figurative imagery is present, consistent with Islamic numismatic tradition. The flat, undecorated field and rough edge are typical of hand-struck issues of this period. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a bilingual legend in both Persian and Devanagari scripts, struck in bold relief across the irregular hammered flan. The Persian inscription in the upper portion references the Mughal emperor Jalal al-Din Muhammad Akbar, while the lower Devanagari legend identifies the local issuing authority, Rai Sinhji, the Jhala chief of Dhrangadhra, acknowledging his status as a vassal. The two scripts are separated by a horizontal line or division across the coin's face. The deeply incuse lettering shows the characteristic irregularity of hammered provincial coinage. This bilingual format reflects the coin's dual Mughal-Rajput political context. |
| Reverse script | Persian/Devanagari |
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