{"product_id":"rafi-ud-darjat-silver-rupee-gwalior-mint","title":"Mughals, Rafi-ud-Darjat (ca. 1719 AD) Gwalior Mint, Silver Rupee “Ba Hazaran Barkat” couplet - NGC MS 63","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRafi-ud-Darjat (AH 1131 \/ 1719 AD), Gwalior Mint, Silver Rupee, Ahad RY (Year 1), “Ba Hazaran Barkat” couplet. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"font-semibold\"\u003eWt:\u003c\/span\u003e 11.40 grams approx, \u003cspan class=\"font-semibold\"\u003eDia:\u003c\/span\u003e 24 mm approx., \u003cspan class=\"font-semibold\"\u003e(KM # 405.7), \u003cstrong\u003eNGC MS 63, Very Rare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObv:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Persian couplet \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Sikka zad ba Hind ba hazaran barkat, Shahanshah-i-bahr-o-barr Rafi-ud-Darjat” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Rafi-ud-Darjat, emperor of sea and land, struck coin in Hindustan with a thousand blessings.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The inscription proclaims the emperor’s sovereignty through an elegant poetic formula.\u003c\/span\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 maimanat manus” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The first year of the accession associated with prosperity” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“zarb Gwalior”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (“Struck at Gwalior”) below. The regnal designation \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAhd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e records the first and only regnal year of his brief reign. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Fleeting Reign \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA grandson of Bahadur Shah I, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRafi-ud-Darjat occupied the Mughal throne for little more than three months, from February to June 1719\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Raised to power by the influential Sayyid brothers following Farrukhsiyar’s deposition, his reign belonged to a period in which powerful court nobles increasingly determined the imperial succession. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis Gwalior rupee preserves the grand language of Mughal kingship during that unsettled moment. Its invocation of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“a thousand blessings”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the title \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“emperor of sea and land”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e express the enduring ideals of imperial sovereignty, giving the coin historical interest beyond its short period of issue. \u003cstrong\u003eVery rare in this grade.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adarsh Pandey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45626765246487,"sku":null,"price":30000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/7576\/6295\/files\/DSC_1063.jpg?v=1790194661","url":"https:\/\/numiauctions.com\/products\/rafi-ud-darjat-silver-rupee-gwalior-mint","provider":"NumiAuctions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}