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1 Rupee - Murad Baksh Ahmadabad mint
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1658 |
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| Weight | 11.4 g |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله |
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Murad Baksh declared himself emperor at Ahmadabad in 1658 while his father Aurangzeb was still alive and his brother Aurangzeb was marching. The coinage issued in his name at that mint represents one of the shortest autonomous imperial claims in Mughal history — his self-proclaimed reign lasted roughly four months before Aurangzeb had him arrested following the Battle of Samugarh. He was executed in 1661.
KM#272.1 distinguishes the Ahmadabad mint issue from parallel strikes at other centers where Murad briefly exercised control. The mint at Ahmadabad was among the most productive in the empire, which makes surviving attributable pieces somewhat less rare than output from his secondary minting locations.