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1 Rupee - Muhammad Shah Lakhnau
| Issuer | Mughal Empire (India) |
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| Year | 1720-1747 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a two-line Persian inscription in naskh script, similarly divided by a horizontal line through the field. The upper register contains the regnal formula 'Maimana Manus Juloos' followed by the regnal year numeral, while the lower register bears the mint name 'Zarb Lakhnau' (struck at Lucknow). The lettering is boldly engraved in the standard Mughal hammered style, with the mint name clearly legible in the lower segment, attributing this issue to the Lucknow mint. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Muhammad Shah's reign was among the longest of the later Mughals, but it unfolded against catastrophic territorial contraction. Nadir Shah's 1739 invasion and sack of Delhi — during which the Peacock Throne was carried off to Persia — devastated the imperial treasury and shattered whatever remained of Mughal military credibility. That rupees continued to be struck at Lakhnau through this period reflects the mint's relative insulation from the worst of the carnage, the city lying sufficiently east to escape direct Persian advance.
Lakhnau mint output from Muhammad Shah's reign is distinguished by considerable die variation across the 27-year span.