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1 Rupee - Shah Jahan Kabul
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1628-1648 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1540-1842) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Mintage | ND (1628) - - 1042 (1632) //5 - - 1044 (1634) //5 - - 1044 (1634) //8 - - 1048 (1638) //12 - - 1049 (1639) //13 - - 1050 (1640) //13 - - 1050 (1640) //14 - - 1051 (1641) //14 - - 1051 (1641) //15 - - 1052 (1642) //16 - - 1053 (1643) //16 - - 1053 (1643) //17 - - 1054 (1644) //17 - - 1054 (1644) //18 - - 1055 (1645) //18 - - 1055 (1645) //19 - - 1056 (1646) //19 - - 1056 (1646) //20 - - 1056 (1646) //21 - - 1057 (1647) //16 - - 1057 (1647) //21 - - 1058 (1648) //21 - - |
| Additional information |
Shah Jahan's accession in 1628 followed a period of open rebellion against his own father Jahangir — a calculated gamble that paid off, and the rupees struck at Kabul during his reign reflect a mint that held outsized strategic importance for controlling the northwestern passes into the subcontinent. Kabul sat at the convergence of trade routes feeding into Central Asia and Persia, and its mint output served commerce moving through the Hindu Kush as much as imperial revenue demands.
KM#222.9 distinguishes the Kabul mint variety within a large family of Shah Jahan rupees struck across dozens of imperial mints simultaneously.