Art & Culture

A piece of antiquity beaked as a rarity — a one-rupee silver coin affected at Kabul mint by Shah Jahan to declare rebellion against his father Jahangir in 1627 — goes under the beat in Bengaluru on February 26.

·        The coin has been affected at Kabul within the name of Khurram, the pre-accession name of Shah Jahan.

·        The coin was a very important facet within the power struggle between Jahangir and his 1st son Khurram (Shah Jahan).

·         Mughal Coinage:  the standard gold coin of the Mughals was the Mohur.

·         AbulFazl in his ‘Ain-i-Akbari’ indicated that a Mohur was adore 9 rupees.

·         Half and quarter mohurs are known.

·        The silver rupee that was an adoption from Sher Shah’s currency, was the foremost notable of all Mughal coins.

·        Akbar issued each round and square coins.

·        In 1579, he issued gold coins referred to as Ilahi coins to propagate his new spiritual creed ‘Din-i-Illahi’.

·         O n this coin, it was written ‘God is nice, might his glory be glorified’. Sahansah was the biggest gold coin.

·         These coins bore the names of the persian solar months. Jahangir showed the legend during a couplet within the coins

·        In some of his coins, he added the name of his beloved wife Noorjahan.

·        The most notable of his coins had pictures of Zodiac signs.

·         Shah Jahan continuing striking coins in 3 metals i.e. gold (mohur), silver (rupee) and copper (dam).

·         His pre-accession coins bear the name Khurram.

·         Rare coins were affected within the name of Khurram during the early reign of Shah Jahan within the mints of lahore and Kabul.