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1 Rupee - Islam Shah Suri Qila Raisen
| Issuer | Sur Empire (Indian Sultanates) |
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| Year | 1545-1546 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a bold calligraphic composition within a recessed square cartouche framed by raised linear borders. The central field bears a multi-line Persian legend in bold Naskh script proclaiming the royal titulature of Islam Shah, son of Sher Shah Suri, with a prayer for the perpetuation of his sovereignty. Beneath the Persian legend, a lower register contains a transliterated Devanagari inscription identifying the ruler. The areas outside the central square cartouche carry additional marginal legends in Arabic script, partially visible along the coin's irregular flan. The die work is characteristic of mid-sixteenth-century Suri mint production, with robust, deeply struck letterforms typical of hammered silver coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Islam Shah Suri ruled the Sur Empire from 1545 until his death in 1554, succeeding his father Sher Shah after a contested succession against his own brother Adil Khan. The Qila Raisen mint — corresponding to the fortress of Raisen in present-day Madhya Pradesh — was one of several provincial mints Islam Shah activated to consolidate administrative and fiscal control over territories his father had wrested from the Mughals. Raisen itself had changed hands violently in 1543 when Sher Shah besieged and captured it from the Rajput chief Puranmal, a siege that ended in a massacre.