Tirchanapali' on the coin is modern
Tiruchchirappalli. Very rare Mughal style coins were struck bearing this
mint-name after 1693-94 when Mughal forces under Zulfiqar Khān, pursuing a
campaign against the Maratha Chhatrapati Rajaram besieged at Gingee, threatened Queen Mangammal, the regent of the
Nayaka kingdom of Madurai, whose capital at the time was based at Tiruchi. The queen warded off the Mughal danger by paying a
tribute, some of which might have been paid in the form of these coins, which
were struck to acknowledge her obeisance to the Mughals.