{"product_id":"mughal-azam-shah-alamgirpur-mint","title":"Mughal, Azam Shah (ca. 1707 AD) Silver Rupee - Alamgirpur Mint (Bhilsa)","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAzam Shah (AH 1118–1119 \/ 1707 AD), Alamgirpur Mint, Silver Rupee, Ahad RY (Year 1), “Ba Daulat-o-Jah” couplet. (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWt:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 11.53 grams, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDia:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 22.05 mm) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRef:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e KM # 332.7. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObv:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Persian legend \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Sikka zad dar jahan ba daulat-o-jah, Badshah-i-mamalik Azam Shah”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Azam Shah, sovereign of the realms, struck coin in the world with fortune and majesty.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRev:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Persian legend \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Sanah Ahad julus-i-ashraf \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The first year of the most noble accession” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003earranged at the top in two lines, with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“zarb Alamgirpur”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (“Struck at Alamgirpur”) below.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Brief Claim to the Mughal Throne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing Aurangzeb’s death, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAzam Shah proclaimed himself emperor at Ahmadnagar on 14 March 1707\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, entering the struggle for succession against his elder half-brother, Prince Muazzam, the future Bahadur Shah I. Coins issued in Azam Shah’s name during this brief period served as tangible declarations of his claim to imperial sovereignty. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis earlier connections with the Deccan, Gujarat, and Malwa help explain the concentration of his coinage among mints in western and central India. This Alamgirpur rupee belongs to that short-lived series. Its confident \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Ba Daulat-o-Jah” couplet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, invoking fortune and majesty, contrasts poignantly with the brevity of his imperial ambitions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAzam Shah’s claim ended with his defeat and death at the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBattle of Jajau in June 1707\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, scarcely three months after his proclamation. Bearing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Ahd,” the first regnal year\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, this rupee preserves the opening and only chapter of his coinage as emperor. \u003cstrong\u003eExtremely Rare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zuhaib Khan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45527276584983,"sku":null,"price":150000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/7576\/6295\/files\/DSC_0002.png?v=1789746637","url":"https:\/\/numiauctions.com\/products\/mughal-azam-shah-alamgirpur-mint","provider":"NumiIndia Auctions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}