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Āgra or Akbarābād Mint (mint epithet: mustaqir al-khilāfat مستقر الخلافة)

Coins were issued from the Āgra or Akbarābād (اكباراباد) mint by:

 

Dehlī Sulṭāns

(only those coins with mint names are listed)

Sher Shāh

Silver

Copper

 

 

 

Islām Shāh

Gold

Silver

 

Muḥammad Ādil Shāh

Silver

 

Sikandar Shāh

Silver

 

Ibrāhīm Shāh

Silver

 

 

 

Babur

 

Humāyūn (1st reign) (937-947)

 

 

Moghuls

Humāyūn (2nd reign) (962-963)

 

Akbar

 

Jahāngīr

 

Shāh Jahān (mm Āgra)

 

Shāh Jahān (mm Akbarābād)

 

Aurangzeb

 

Shāh ‘Ālam I

 

Jahāndār

 

Farrukh Siyar

 

Rafi al Darjāt

 

Shāh Jahān II

 

Nikusiyar

 

Muḥammad Shāh

 

Aḥmad Shāh

 

Ālamgīr II

 

Shāh Jahān III

 

Shāh Ālam II – under Mughalia faction

 

Shāh Ālam II – see Bharatpūr/Rohillas/Marathas

 

 

Moghul Contemporaries

Bharatpūr State

 

Rohillas

 

Marathas

 

 

Europeans

British

 

History

Dehlī Sulṭānate and Moghuls

See Nelson Wright

See article on copper coins of Āgra under Akbar

 

Bharatpūr state

 

Marathas

See Maheshwari & Wiggins

 

Under British Control

The records of the EIC held in the British Library have been studied. No information about the mint at Āgra has yet been discovered although the Calcutta Mint Master was sent to Āgra in 1820 for some unspecified reason [1].

 



[1] Bengal Consultations. IOR P/162/71, No 124.

From Government to Calcutta Mint Committee dated 14th July 1820.

The services of Mr Saunders being required at Agra, the Most Noble the Governor General in Council has been pleased to nominate Mr J.M. McNabb to officiate as Mint Master at the Presidency. Mr McNabb has accordingly been requested to receive charge of the above mentioned office from Mr Saunders whenever that gentleman may be prepared to deliver over charge.