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1 Rupee - Islam Shah Suri
| Issuer | Sur Empire |
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| Year | 1546-1553 |
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| Value | 1 Rupee |
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| Obverse script | Arabic/Devanagari |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Islam Shah Suri inherited the throne from his father Sher Shah Suri in 1545 and spent much of his reign consolidating a fractious empire against both Afghan noble factions and the ever-present threat of Mughal restoration. His silver rupee coinage continued the weight standard Sher Shah had fixed — one of the more consequential monetary reforms in pre-Mughal South Asia, establishing the 11-to-11.5 gram silver rupee that would persist in various forms for centuries. Islam Shah died in 1553, triggering a succession crisis that effectively ended Sur power within three years, making his issues the last of any administrative coherence from the dynasty.