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1 Rupee - Shah Jahan Daulatabad
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1634-1657 |
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| Value | 1 Rupee |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field occupied by the Kalima Tayyiba ('La ilaha illallah Muhammadur Rasulullah') rendered in bold Nasta'liq script, arranged across multiple horizontal registers filling the flan. The Hijri date (AH) is inscribed within the border surrounding the central legend, following standard Mughal rupee layout. A decorative linear or foliate border frames the entire reverse. The calligraphy is deeply struck and characteristic of the Daulatabad mint output during Shah Jahan's reign. |
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Daulatabad — formerly Devagiri — was one of the more strategically peculiar mints in the Mughal system. Muhammad bin Tughluq had famously attempted to relocate his entire capital there from Delhi in the 1320s, a venture that ended catastrophically. By Shah Jahan's reign, the fortress-city functioned as a provincial administrative center in the Deccan, and its mint output reflects the empire's sustained effort to assert monetary control over a region that had resisted northern domination for centuries.
KM#235.10 distinguishes Daulatabad strikes within the broader Shah Jahan rupee series by mint name placement and regnal year positioning — details invisible without a reference in hand.