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1 Rupee - Islam Shah Suri Narnol mint
| Issuer | Sur Empire |
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| Year | 1553 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bearing the emperor's name and titles inscribed in both Persian/Arabic script and Nagari script in a square cartouche, with the AH regnal date 960 incorporated into the legend. The inscription reads 'Sri Islam Shah' in Devanagari characters along the lower register, with the Arabic date flanking the central panel. The lettering is rendered in the characteristic bold, angular style of Sur Empire hammered coinage, with the legends filling the entire flan. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic/Devanagari |
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Islam Shah Suri, second sultan of the Sur dynasty, died in 1554 after a reign spent consolidating the administrative machinery his father Sher Shah had built — including the rupee coinage system Sher Shah introduced around 1542. The Narnol mint, located in present-day Haryana, was one of several regional mints kept active under Sur administration to supply silver currency across the subcontinent's interior trade routes. Islam Shah's issues are notably scarcer than those of Sher Shah, partly because factional chaos following his death disrupted mint operations almost immediately. DR#1781 places this among the documented but infrequently encountered Narnol attributions.