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| Issuer | Bhopal Mint |
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| Year | 1174-1221 |
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| Weight | 11.09 g |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | Bhopal mint, Scimitar & Fly Whisk as a mint mark |
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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.