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1 Rupee - Aurangzeb Burhanpur mint
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1668-1707 |
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| Value | 1 Rupee |
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| Reverse description | Hammered silver reverse bearing the mint name and epithet of Burhanpur — Dar al-Suroor (Abode of Joy) — inscribed in bold Naskh-style Arabic calligraphy arranged in horizontal registers within a rectangular cartouche. The mint formula 'Zarb Dar al-Suroor Burhanpur' (struck at the Abode of Joy, Burhanpur) occupies the central field, with the regnal year distributed within the surrounding legend. The deliberately undotted letterforms are consistent with the calligraphic conventions of Aurangzeb-era Mughal mint production. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Aurangzeb's Burhanpur mint operated in a city that had served as the Mughal Empire's primary southern command base since Akbar's Deccan campaigns. By Aurangzeb's reign, Burhanpur was the administrative gateway to his grinding, decades-long war against the Maratha confederacy — a conflict that ultimately consumed the empire's treasury and manpower without resolution. Coins struck here funded that southern mobilization directly.
KM#300.24 is one of dozens of mint varieties within the type, distinguished by the Burhanpur mint signature. Die alignment and calligraphic execution vary considerably across the run, reflecting the mint's output demands during active military operations.