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1 Rupee - Shah Jahan Burhanpur mint
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1631-1635 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a three-line Persian inscription within a plain circular border, typical of Mughal rupees of Shah Jahan's reign. The central band prominently bears the emperor's name and title 'Shah Jahan' in Naskh script. The upper register contains the regnal year and the lower register records the mint name 'Burhanpur' along with the Hijri year, consistent with standard Mughal epigraphic coinage conventions. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Burhanpur served as the Mughal Empire's principal military staging post for the Deccan campaigns, and the mint there operated under sustained pressure throughout the 1630s. Shah Jahan spent considerable time in the city during this period — it was in Burhanpur, in 1631, that Mumtaz Mahal died during the birth of their fourteenth child, an event that would eventually produce the Taj Mahal. Coins struck here in the years immediately following carry a peculiar historical weight that no catalog field can quantify.