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1 Rupee - Muhammad Shah Bareli
| Issuer | Mughal Empire (India) |
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| Year | 1720-1747 |
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| Value | 1 Rupee |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents the standard Mughal reverse type with the Persian couplet and mint-and-regnal year formula arranged in two horizontal registers separated by a ruled line. The upper register bears the phrase 'Manus Maimanat' (the companion of auspiciousness), while the lower register records the regnal year 'Julus Sana 3' (Year 3 of the Accession) and the mint name 'Zarb Bareilly' (Struck at Bareilly). The calligraphy is executed in Nasta'liq script and the surfaces display the granular texture characteristic of hammered Mughal silver coinage. |
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Muhammad Shah ruled the Mughal Empire as it fractured irreversibly — Nadir Shah's 1739 sack of Delhi stripped the treasury of an estimated 700 million rupees in coin, bullion, and jewels, and the Peacock Throne itself. Bareli, a mint in the Rohilkhand region, continued striking rupees through this collapse, producing coins for an emperor who controlled less territory with each passing year.
The Bareli mint identifier distinguishes this piece within a series struck at dozens of provincial mints simultaneously, each operating with varying autonomy as central Mughal authority dissolved.