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1 Rupee - Jahandar Shah Surat mint
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1712 |
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| Value | 1 Rupee |
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| Obverse description | Hammered silver flan bearing three lines of Nasta'liq Arabic calligraphy arranged across the coin field, divided by two horizontal raised lines. The upper register contains the royal epithet and regnal titles of Jahandar Shah, the middle band carries the name Abu al-Fath Ghazi Jahandar Shah, and the lower register bears the Hijri year 1124. The legends are boldly struck in the fluid, cursive Mughal calligraphic style characteristic of early 18th-century imperial coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Jahandar Shah's reign lasted less than a year — from March 1712 to February 1713 — ended when his nephew Farrukh Siyar defeated him at the Battle of Agra and had him strangled. Coins struck in his name are consequently rare by default, and the Surat mint, operating under its own rhythms as a major coastal commercial center, would have produced relatively few before the dies were retired and new imperial authority acknowledged.