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Lot # 140 - Silver One Rupee Coin of Shahjahan of Fathabad Mint.
Silver One Rupee Coin of Shahjahan of Fathabad Mint.
Silver One Rupee Coin of Shahjahan of Fathabad Mint. Silver One Rupee Coin of Shahjahan of Fathabad Mint.
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Quick Description
DenominationRupee 01MintFathabad Dharur
MetalSilverYear (AH/VS/SE/AM)AH 10XX
RY (Ruling Year)4
Full Description:

Shahjahan, Fathabad (Darur) Mint, Silver Rupee, AH 10XX/4 RY, Obv: The Kalima Shahada at the top in two lines, zarb Fathabad & sana Hijri, Rev: 'saheb e qiran sani', Shihab ud din Muhammad Shahjahan Badshah Ghazi, 11.4g, 22.00mm, (Unlisted in KM), about extremely fine, beautiful motifs, test marks, Extremely Rare.

It is the first coin to have the mint name as "Fathabad" only instead of "Fathabad Darur".

Deccan had always been a matter of distress for the Mughals. Treaties were made and breached soon forcing the emperors to act and it took several campaigns for the Mughals to assume control over the region. The first place to be annexed was Darur and it was renamed Fatehabad. Darur was a town of strategic importance situated on a trade route that traversed the Balagat hills towards Telangana. The secure fort at Darur on top of a ridge was built by Kisvar Khan Lari, in 1567 AD a commander at Ali Adil Shah of Bijapur.