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1 Rupee - Amin ud Daula
| Issuer | Farrukhabad, Princely state of |
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| Year | 1786 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears a multi-line Persian legend in flowing Nastaliq calligraphy filling the entire field, reading: 'Sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl Ilah Hami ud-din Muhammad Shah Alam Badshah' (He who has struck coin over the seven climes, Shadow of Divine Favour, Defender of the Faith of Muhammad, Shah Alam, Emperor). The inscription is arranged in curved registers across the flan, characteristic of late Mughal-style coinage. Decorative foliate or floral ornaments separate portions of the legend. The die is slightly off-centre, as is typical for hammered issues of this series. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Farrukhabad was a Rohilla Afghan state founded in the early eighteenth century, and by 1786 its nawabs were operating under increasing pressure from both the Marathas and the expanding East India Company. Amin ud Daula's tenure was brief and politically precarious — the state would effectively fall under Company paramountcy within a generation. Coins struck under his name belong to a narrow window of genuine nawabi authority.
KM#28 follows the Mughal rupee weight standard, a deliberate continuity signal used by successor states to maintain market acceptance across regional trade networks.