Machhlipattan Mint

Machhlīpattan (Masulipatam) Mint

Coins were issued from the Machhlīpattan mint by:

Moghuls	Aurangzeb
	Shāh ‘Ālam I
	Farrukh-Siyar
	Shāh Jahān II
	Muḥammad Shāh – See also Ḥyderābād
	Aḥmad Shāh – See Ḥyderābād and French
	Ālamgīr II - French

Moghul Contemporaries	Ḥyderābād State

Europeans	French from 1750, AH 1164 to 1758 AH 1172 (i.e. Some Aḥmad Shāh and all Ālamgīr II)
	British from 1759, AH 1173 (i.e. INO Shāh Ālam II)
	Dutch (not sure)

History

Masulipatam (Machli-patnam or fish town) was 215 miles north of Madras. An English factory was established in 1615 but abandoned 1628. It was re-established in 1631, temporarily dissolved in 1685 and then revived.

From 1724 (AH 1137) when the Deccan provinces were separated from the Empire, all coins should be assigned to Ḥyderābād.

In 1750 Muẕaffar Jang of Ḥyderābād ceded Machhlīpattan to the French. This grant was extended in 1753, by Salabat Jang, to include the whole of the Northern Circars. The French ran into problems with local rulers in the Northern Circars who appealed to the British for Help. Clive sent an army from Bengal and the French were defeated. Machhlīpattan was stormed and taken and a treaty concluded with Salabat Jang in May, 1759, by which the British took control of Machhlipatan and the surrounding area. In 1765 the whole of the Northern Circars was ceded to the British.

Coinage

In 1793 the authorities at Masulipatam were asked for their opinion on the proposed new copper coinage

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