1 Rupee - Shah Alam Bahadur Sarhind

Shah Alam Bahadur's reign lasted barely four years, ending with his death in 1712 after a period consumed by conflict with his own sons and the lingering administrative collapse that followed Aurangzeb's death in 1707. The Sarhind mint, located in present-day Punjab, had operated under Mughal authority since Akbar's consolidation of the northern territories — but by this period, provincial mint output was increasingly erratic as imperial control over revenue collection frayed. KM#347.17 distinguishes the Sarhind issue within what is an extensive series of geographically differentiated rupees from this short reign.