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1 Rupee - Shah Jahan II Shahjahanabad mint
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1719 |
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| Value | 1 Rupee |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Hammered silver flan with a three-line Arabic calligraphic legend in Nasta'liq script arranged across the field, divided by a horizontal line. The upper register bears the phrase 'Julus Maimanat Manus' (the auspicious accession), while the lower register carries the regnal year 'Sana Ahad' (regnal year one) alongside the mint name 'Dar al-Khilafa Shahjahanabad' (Abode of the Caliphate, Shahjahanabad). The inscription is contained within a plain circular border, following the standard typology of late Mughal rupees struck at the imperial capital mint. |
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Shah Jahan II ruled for under a year in 1719, one of four emperors the Mughal throne cycled through in that single catastrophic year following the death of Farrukhsiyar. He was placed on the throne by the Sayyid Brothers, the kingmakers who had already deposed and blinded his predecessor, and was himself removed and replaced before the year was out. Shahjahanabad — the imperial capital founded by Aurangzeb's father — remained an active mint throughout these upheavals, producing coinage in the name of whoever nominally held power.