Sher-o-Khurshid on a medallion of Jahangir
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Known coins: Silver Shahrukhis in his name and Anonymous Copper issues
Known Mints: Agra, Badakshan, Jaunpur, Kabul, Lahore
Coins displayed: #Siver Shahrukhi of #Agra.
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Known coins: Gold Mithqals, Silver Shahrukhis and Silver Rupees in his name and Anonymous Copper issues
Known Mints: 11
Coins displayed: #Siver Shahrukhi of #Lahore
@ssharadmohhan @India_Atelier @iamrana @gypsy_heart6
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Two major types of coinage; pre Din-i-Ilahi (complete name) and post (Jal Jalalu Akbar)
Coin displayed: 1. Square #Rupee of Urdu Zafar Qarin Mint
2. Ilahi Rupee of Ahmedabad Mint
@seemarkmenon @ssharadmohhan @India_Atelier @iamrana
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His initial coins for 2 years were in his pre-accession name of Salim after which used his complete name. Acknowledged his fathers name on coins. Wide plethora of couplets employed by him on coins
Coin displayed: #Silver Rupees of #Ahmedabad
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Ruled only for a few months and hence coins are very rare. They range from between INR 12Lakhs - 20Lakhs. Only silver Rupees of Lahore Mint are known.
@mukhoty @AudreyTruschke @ssharadmohhan @India_Atelier @dpanikkar @gypsy_heart6
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Initial coins were in his pre-accession name of Khurram which are extremely rare Later coins were in the name of Shah Jahan
Coin displayed: 1. Gold Mohur Khurram Lahore Mint
2. Silver Rupee of Akbarabad Mint
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Crowned himself in Bengal as he was stationed there. Issued coins in his name from Akbarnagar, Patna and Katak. Silver Nisar, 1/2 Rupees and Rupees are known
Coin displayed: Silver #Rupee of Akbarnagar Mint
@gypsy_heart6 @mukhoty @iamrana
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Crowned himself in Ahmedabad as he was stationed there. Issued coins in his name from Ahmedabad, Khambayat and Surat. Coins in Gold, Silver & Copper are known
Coin displayed: Gold Mohur of Khambayat Mint
@PunjabiRooh @ssharadmohhan @India_Atelier
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Crowned himself at #Ahmednagar, as he was incharge of #Gujarat and Malwa.
Coins from 10 mints were struck in his name. Silver and #Gold coins are known in his name from his relative short reign of about 4 months.
Coin displayed: #Silver Rupee of #Surat
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Kam Baksh issued silver coins from just more than half a dozen mints (Ahsanabad, Bijapur, Gokak, Gulbarga, Hyderabad, Imtiazgarh, Nusratabad & Torgal).
Ruled for about 11 months.
Coin displayed: Gold Mohur of Hyderabad Mint
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Crowned himself in Bengal as he was stationed out there
Silver Rupees are known from Jahangirnagar & Katak mint where the name is inscribed differently
Coins displayed: 1. Silver Rupee from Jahangirnagar
2. Silver Rupee from Katak
@gypsy_heart6
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In his rule which lasted for about a year he struck coins in Gold, Silver and Copper with about 2-3 couplets but all in his name
Coin displayed: Silver Rupee of Surat
@mukhoty @iamrana @AudreyTruschke @India_Atelier @irfhabib @ssharadmohhan
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Coins were struck in his name from a large number of mints and by independent entities like the #Marathas and the East India Company.
Coin displayed: #Silver Rupee of Multan
@mchidarazvi @MedhaviGandhi @_aimanjafri @datta_sona @s_oworld @dpanikkar
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With a rule spanning about 3 months his coins were struck from around 25 mints. Sayyid brothers were controlling the #Mughal throne & hence were making Emperors who they felt could not challenge them
Coin displayed: #Gold Mohur of #Akbarabad
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Another Emperor put on the throne by the Sayyid brothers, only a Silver Rupee of Akbarabad is known in his name. So rare is the issue that only 3-4 specimens are known to exist. Missing in most of the collections worldwide.
@ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh
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Crowned as Mughal Emperor and ruled for about a month, his coins are known only from the mint of Shahjahanabad (Delhi). Gold Mohurs are extremely rare while Silver Rupees are scarce to get.
@DelhiHeritage @DelhiWalks @seemarkmenon @India_Atelier
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His reign saw most of the now independent powers (Nawabs, Nizams, Marathas) calling the shots. The #Mughal Empire was on a steady declining phase.
Coin displayed: Nazarana #Gold Mohur of Shahjahanabad Mint.
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Due to a conflict with Ahmed Shah, the Nawab of Awadh on 13 May 1753 raised on the throne a son of Emperor Aurangzeb with the title Akbar ‘Adil Shah.
The conflict was resolved in November 1753 & Akbar Adil Shah disappears. @ssharadmohhan @iamrana
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Reintroduced the Kalima on coins but discontinued it after a year. The Mughal Empire had almost collapsed with the #EastIndiaCompany making in roads through various Independent powers.
Coin displayed: #Gold #Mohur of Kora @gypsy_heart6
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#EastIndiaCompany rule began during his reign
Coins minted by Marathas had the name Shah Ali Gauhar whereas the other coins bore the name Shah Alam II
Coins displayed: 1.Silver Rupee of Ganeshpur urf Cinchwar
2. Gold Nazarana Mohur of Shahjahanabad
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A puppet King placed on the Mughal throne by Ghulam Qadir after blinding & deposing Shah Alam II. Bedar Bakht reigned in the name only for little over 2 months. Coins known from Shahjahanabad (Displayed), Ahmadabad (Saharanpur) and Mohammadabad. @iamrana
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Made the Emperor briefly in 1788 by Ghulam Qadir & then deposed by Shah Alam II, Akbar II was formally made the Emperor in 1806
Delhi was under the firm control of #EastIndiaCompany
Coin displayed: Silver Nazarana Rupee of Shahjahanabad
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@iamrana @ssharadmohhan @katherineschof8
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