Muhammad Ibrahim (AH 1132–1133 / 1720 AD), Dar-ul-Khilafa Shahjahanabad Mint, Silver Rupee, AH 1132 / Ahad RY (Year 1), “Ba Fazl-e-Karim” couplet.
(Wt: 11.35 grams, Dia: 22.02 mm), (KM # 426.1), Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated, Extremely Rare.

Obv: سکہ زد در جہاں بفضل کریم شہان شہ محمد ابراہیم
Sikka zad dar jahan ba fazl-e-Karim, Shahan Shah Muhammad Ibrahim.
“Muhammad Ibrahim, king of kings, struck coin in the world by the grace of the Bountiful One.”

Rev: ضرب دار الخلافہ شاہجہان آباد سنہ احد جلوس میمنت مانوس
Zarb Dar-ul-Khilafa Shahjahanabad; Sanah Ahad julus maimanat manus.
“Struck at Shahjahanabad, the Seat of the Caliphate, in the first year of the accession associated with prosperity.”

Shahjahanabad’s Witness to a Contested Throne

Muhammad Ibrahim emerged as a rival claimant to Muhammad Shah during the court struggles of 1720. Supported by Sayyid Abdullah Khan.

It is difficult to find coins bearing the complete name of Muhammad Ibrahim, the Mughal claimant ruler, as most surviving issues are struck with partial legends. Fully inscribed specimens are consequently rare. Muhammad Ibrahim was a grandson of Bahadur Shah I through Prince Rafi-us-Shan and emerged as a claimant to the Mughal throne during the political turmoil that followed the deposition of Farrukhsiyar. In AH 1133 (1720 AD), amidst the continuing struggle between the Sayyid Brothers and their opponents, he was proclaimed emperor by a faction of the Mughal nobility seeking to challenge the authority of Muhammad Shah and restore its influence at the imperial court.His claim to the throne lasted only thirty days, between 15 October and 13 November 1720. Following the defeat of his supporters at Hasanpur by forces loyal to Muhammad Shah, Muhammad Ibrahim was deposed and subsequently imprisoned. His brief reign reflects the changing fortunes of the Mughal Empire itself. Little more than a decade after the death of Aurangzeb, the throne of the Great Mughal had increasingly become the prize of competing noble factions, whilst princes of the Timurid lineage were elevated and discarded according to the shifting balance of power at court. Coinage struck in Muhammad Ibrahim's name survives as a contemporary record of this remarkable transformation in the nature of Mughal authority.The present specimen, struck at Shahjahanabad and bearing the celebrated Ba Fazl-e-Karim ("By the Grace of the Beneficent") couplet, was issued during the brief thirty-day reign of Muhammad Ibrahim. Produced at the imperial capital itself, it serves as a contemporary record of a period when rival factions of the Mughal nobility competed for control of the empire through competing imperial claimants. Well centred and displaying the emperor's full name with unusual clarity, the coin possesses considerable visual appeal for the type. Its pleasing fabric and overall quality make it a particularly desirable example of a ruler whose coinage was struck for only a matter of weeks. No test marks,

Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated, Extremely Rare In This Grade