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1 Rupee - Nawab Hayat Mohammad Khan
| Issuer | Bhopal Mint |
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| Year | 1174-1221 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Hammered silver flan bearing a multi-line Persian legend in bold Nastaliq script, struck in the name of the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II. The inscription is arranged across two registers separated by a ruled horizontal line, with the imperial titles and regnal year rendered in large, fluid calligraphic strokes filling the entire field. The script shows characteristic features of late Mughal coinage, with broad, deeply impressed letters on an irregular, uneven flan. The regal formula occupies the upper and lower panels, with additional calligraphic elements in the periphery. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Bhopal's early silver coinage was struck under the authority of the Nawabs who nominally acknowledged Mughal suzerainty while operating with increasing autonomy as Delhi's power fragmented through the 18th century. Hayat Mohammad Khan ruled Bhopal from roughly 1807 to 1826, and rupees of this type follow the broad Mughal weight standard that persisted across successor states long after the empire itself had ceased to function as a monetary authority.
The regnal year range expressed in the AH calendar places this piece within a mint tradition that continued recycling Mughal-derived regal formulae well into the period of British paramountcy.