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1 Rupee - Mohammad Ibrahim Ali Khan Tonk
| Issuer | Princely State of Tonk |
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| Year | 1875-1898 |
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| Reference(s) | Y#20 |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Tonk was the only princely state in Rajputana with a predominantly Muslim ruling dynasty, established after the Maratha wars when Amir Khan — a Pindari mercenary commander — negotiated his surrender to the British in 1817 in exchange for formal recognition of his territory. Mohammad Ibrahim Ali Khan, who reigned from 1867 to 1930, issued this rupee under the residual coinage rights that the British allowed certain princely states to retain, though by the 1890s imperial pressure to consolidate currency across India was making such local issues increasingly difficult to sustain.