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| Emittent | Sur Empire (Indian Sultanates) |
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| Jahr | 1537-1544 |
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| Form | Round (irregular) |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Central field occupied by a three-line Persian legend in bold naskh script, reading the ruler's name and titles; the uppermost line bears 'Sher Shah Sultan', the middle line the pious formula 'Khallada Allahu mulkahu' (may God perpetuate his reign), and the lower line the mint name 'Sharifabad' accompanied by the regnal year '949' in Eastern Arabic numerals. The legends are enclosed within a plain inner circle, itself surrounded by a decorative rope or dotted border. The outer marginal band carries a secondary Persian or Devanagari inscription running continuously around the periphery of the flan, consistent with the multi-script tradition of Sur Empire coinage. The overall execution is characteristic of mid-sixteenth-century north Indian hammered silver rupees, with slightly irregular flan shape and robust, deeply struck lettering. |
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| Reversschrift | Arabic/Persian |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Sher Shah Suri's silver rupee is one of the most consequential monetary introductions in South Asian history. The rupee he standardized during his five-year reign became the template the Mughals adopted wholesale after Humayun's restoration — and the denomination survived, in name, into the twenty-first century across multiple sovereign states. Sharifabad, a minor mint in his network, contributed modestly to that output.
Sher Shah was killed in 1545 by an accidental gunpowder explosion at the siege of Kalinjar, ending a reign that reformed roads, postal routes, and coinage in under a decade.