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1 Rupee - Shah Alam II Ahad
| Issuer | Princely State of Indore (Sironj Feudatory) |
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| Year | 1759 |
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| Currency | Rupee |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears a multi-line Persian inscription in bold Nasta'liq calligraphy, struck in the name of Mughal Emperor Alamgir II, with the Hijri regnal year AH 1172 incorporated within the legend. The field is divided by a horizontal register line, with the primary imperial titular inscription occupying the upper portion and the date legend in the lower register. The coin exhibits the characteristic irregular flan and bold relief typical of Indian hammered silver coinage of the mid-18th century. The inscription fills the field to its edges, with no border ornament. |
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| Obverse lettering | جلوس مبارک شاه عالم بادشاه غازی |
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Shah Alam II issued this rupee during one of the most turbulent successions in Mughal history — he had not yet formally ascended the throne in Delhi when this piece was struck at Sironj, having fled his father Alamgir II's court after a political rupture with the wazir Imad-ul-Mulk. The Sironj mint, operating under Maratha-controlled Indore as a feudatory issue, used the Mughal imperial name as a matter of commercial necessity; currency bearing a recognized imperial title circulated far more freely than purely regional issues. By 1759, actual Mughal authority over such mints was largely nominal.