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Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Bījāpūr (dār al-ẕafar) Mint, Gold – Type 1, Mint Name & Epithet at Centre

sikka zad dār jahān chau mihr mūnīr shāh aurangzeb ‘ālamgīr (= Struck money through the world like the shining sun. Shāh Aurangzeb ‘Ālamgīr)		ẓarb dār al-ẕafar bījāpūr sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at the seat of victory, Bījāpūr, in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3584m.		Mohur	1097	30	Marudhar		RR

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Bījāpūr (dār al-ẕafar) Mint, Gold – Type 2, mihr Couplet, Reverse in Four Lines

This type was issued simultaneously with type 5

sikka zad dār jahān chau mihr mūnīr shāh aurangzeb ‘ālamgīr (= Struck money through the world like the shining sun. Shāh Aurangzeb ‘Ālamgīr)		ẓarb dār al-ẕafar bījāpūr sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at the seat of victory, Bījāpūr, in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3584p.		Mohur	xxxx	32	Oswal		S
AU	√ 3584p3.			1101	33	Bald, Oswal, ClassNG
AU	√ 3584p6.			1114	46	Tody
AU	√ 3584p9.			1115	47	SA
AU	√ 3584p12.			1115	48	CNG

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Bījāpūr (dār al-ẕafar) Mint, Gold – Type 3, badr Couplet, Reverse in Four Lines

sikka zad dār jahān chau badr mūnīr shāh aurangzeb ‘ālamgīr (= Struck money through the world like the shining moon. Shāh Aurangzeb ‘Ālamgīr).		ẓarb dār al-ẕafar bījāpūr sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at the seat of victory, Bījāpūr, in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3584s.		Mohur	xxxx	30	Marudhar	Probably a mule struck with rupee dies	RR

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Bījāpūr (dār al-ẕafar) Mint, Gold – Type 4, Mint Name at left, julūs & manūs at top

sikka zad dār jahān chau mihr mūnīr shāh aurangzeb ‘ālamgīr (= Struck money through the world like the shining sun. Shāh Aurangzeb ‘Ālamgīr)		ẓarb dār al-ẕafar bījāpūr sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at the seat of victory, Bījāpūr, in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

Actual Weight (g)

10.91

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3584u.		Mohur	xxxx	x2?	Stacks		RR

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Bījāpūr (dār al-ẕafar) Mint, Gold – Type 5, Epithet left, Mint Name bottom

This type was issued simultaneously with type 2

sikka zad dār jahān chau mihr mūnīr shāh aurangzeb ‘ālamgīr (= Struck money through the world like the shining sun. Shāh Aurangzeb ‘Ālamgīr)		ẓarb dār al-ẕafar bījāpūr sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at the seat of victory, Bījāpūr, in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

	Mohur	Half Mohur	Quarter Mohur
Actual Weight (g)
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3577.	315.15	Mohur	1101	33	Noble
AU	√ 3577b.		”	1101	34	Tody
AU	3577c.		”	1102	34
AU	3577e.		”	1103	35
AU	3577g.		”	1103	36
AU	3577i.		”	1104	36
AU	√ 3577j.		”	1104	37	Noble
AU	3577k.		”	1105	37
AU	√ 3577k2.		”	1105	38	CNG
AU	√ 3577k3.		”	1106	38	ClassNG
AU	3578.		”	1106	39
AU	√ 3579.		”	1107	39	Tody
AU	√ 3579b.		”	1107	40	Tody
AU	√ 3579c.		”	1108	40	Ste
AU	√ 3580.		”	1108	41	Zeno
AU	3581.		”	1109	41
AU	3581c.		”	1109	42
AU	3581e.		”	1110	42
AU	3581g.		”	1110	43
AU	3581i.		”	1111	43
AU	3581k.		”	1111	44
AU	3582.		”	1112	44
AU	3582c.		”	1112	45
AU	√ 3583.		”	1113	45	ClassNG
AU	√ 3583b.		”	1113	46	Tody
AU	√ 3583c.		”	1114	47	Tody
AU	√ 3583e.		”	1115	48	Noble
AU	√ 3583f.		”	1116	48	Tody
AU	3583g.		”	1116	49
AU	3584.		”	1119	49
AU	3585.		”	1118	50
AU	3585b.		”	1118	51
AU	√ 3585b3.		Half Mohur	xxxx	38	Oswal		RR
AU	√ 3585b6.		Quarter Mohur	1090	23		Ref: Album sale 35, lot 185 where they state this is recorded on Coin Archives. However, this cannot be found by me

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Bījāpūr Mint, Gold – Type 6 – Niṣār

(niṣār) ‘ālamgīr bādshāh ghāzī	ẓarb dār al-ẕafar bījāpūr

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3585c.	309.1	Quarter Mohur Nisar	xxxx	x9	Bhandare	RY 39 or 49. Ref: Bhandare, JONS 160 pp. 18-19	RR
AU	√ 3585e.		”	xxxx	50	SA

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Bījāpūr (no epithet) Mint, Silver – Type 1, No Epithet

sikka zad dār jahān chau badr mūnīr shāh aurangzeb ‘ālamgīr (= Struck money through the world like the shining moon. Shāh Aurangzeb ‘Ālamgīr).		ẓarb bijapur sanah [RY} julūs maimanat mānūs (=struck at Bījāpūr in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

	Rupee	Half Rupee
Actual Weight (g)
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3586.	300.22	Rupee	1091	23	Bombay
AU	√ 3586c.		”	1091	23	Sanjay Gosalia, Zeno	majulus instead of julus on reverse. See photo for more comments. Ref: Lingen, JONS 158 pp. 22-23
AU	√ 3587.		”	1091	24	Zeno
AU	√ 3588.		”	1091	26	Ste, Zeno
AU	3590.	294.2	Half Rupee	1091	23
AU	3590b.		”	1091	26

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Bījāpūr Mint, Silver – Type 2, dār al-ẕafar

	Mint name below epithet in centre line

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

KM

Denomination

AH

RY

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

AU

√ 3591.

Rupee

1097

30

Zeno

R

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Bījāpūr Mint, Silver – Type 3, dār al-ẕafar, Reverse in Four Lines

This type was issued simultaneously with type 5

	Legend in four lines

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

KM

Denomination

AH

RY

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

AU

√ 3591c.

Rupee

1098

30

SA

AU

√ 3592.

”

1098

31

Zeno

AU

√ 3592c.

”

1099

31

ClassNG, Oswal

AU

√ 3592c3.

”

1101

33

Zeno

AU

√ 3592c6.

”

1112

45

Oswal

AU

√ 3592e.

”

1113

45

Tody

AU

√ 3592e3.

”

1113

46

ClassNG

AU

√ 3592g.

”

1115

48

Oswal

AU

√ 3592g3.

”

1116

48

ClassNG

AU

√ 3592j.

”

1118

50

Zeno

AU

√ 3611.

”

1118

51

Anand Ajay

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Bījāpūr Mint, Silver – Type 4

	Mint name left of epithet in centre line, julūs and manūs at top

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3593.		Rupee	1099	32	Ste, Oswal but no AH		R
AU	√ 3594.		”	1100	32	Oswal

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Bījāpūr Mint, Silver – Type 5, dār al-ẕafar

Rupees of type 3 were issued simultaneously with this type.

sikka zad dār jahān chau badr munir shāh aurangzeb ‘ālamgīr (= Struck money through the world like the shining moon. Shāh Aurangzeb ‘Ālamgīr).		ẓarb dār al-ẕafar bījāpūr sanah [RY} julūs maimanat mānūs (=struck at the seat of victory, Bījāpūr, in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity). Mint name bottom, julūs right

	Rupee	Half Rupee	Quarter Rupee	Eighth Rupee	Sixteenth Rupee
Actual Weight (g)					0.7
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	3594c.	300.23	Rupee	1100	33		Type not verified	R
AU	√ 3595.		”	1101	33	ClassNG
AU	3595c.		”	1101	34
AU	3596.		”	1102	34
AU	3596c.		”	1102	35
AU	√ 3597.		”	1103	35	Zeno
AU	3597c.		”	1103	36			C
AU	√ 3597e.		”	1104	36	CNG, Parvej Adate, NabilQ	See photos for one with the mint epithet written differently
AU	√ 3598.		”	1104	37	Ste
AU	3599.		”	1105	37
AU	√ 3599c.		”	1105	38	Sekhar Kausik
AU	√ 3600.		”	1106	38	Ste
AU	3600c.		”	1106	39
AU	3601.		”	1107	39
AU	3601c.		”	1107	40
AU	√ 3602.		”	1108	40	Ste
AU	√ 3602c.		”	1108	41	Gaurav Gupta
AU	3603.		”	1109	42
AU	3604.		”	1110	43
AU	√ 3605.		”	1111	43	Oswal
AU	3605c.		”	1111	44
AU	3606.		”	1112	44
AU	√ 3606b.		”	1112	45	ClassNG
AU	√ 3607.		”	1113	45	Ketan Chotai, Ranjan Yadav
AU	3607c.		”	1113	46
AU	√ 3607d.		”	1114	46	Bald	See photos for one with RY 46 over 45
AU	3607e.		”	1114	47
AU	3608.		”	1115	47
AU	3608c.		”	1115	48
AU	3609.		”	1116	48
AU	√ 3609c.		”	1116	49	RJ	See photos for AH date with numeral 6 over 5
AU	√ 3610.		”	1117	49	Ste
AU	3610c.		”	1117	50
AU	3610e.		”	1118	50
AU	3610g.		”	1118	51
AU	√ 3611c.	294.19	Half Rupee	xxxx	[3]9	Marudhar		R
AU	3611c3.		”	1113	45
AU	√ 3611c6.		”	1113	46	Oswal
AU	√ 3611d.	293.14	Quarter Rupee	xxxx	x5	Bombay		RR
AU	√ 3611d3.			1107	xx	ClassNG
AU	√ 3611d6.			1109	[4]2	Tody
AU	√ 3611d9.	292.2	Eighth Rupee	xxxx	xx	Oswal		RR
AU	√ 3611e.	-	Sixteenth Rupee		38?	Kohinoor		RR

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Bījāpūr Mint, Silver – Type 6, ẕafar and Mint Name at Bottom, julūs at Top

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3598m.		Rupee	1104	36	Zeno

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Bījāpūr Mint, Silver – Type 7, Karnatak dār al ẕafar

Note S.B.: After the conquest of the Adil Shahi and Qutb Shahi Sultanates, their domains were redistributed by the Mughals into two new 'Subahs' - Bijapur Karnatak and Hyderabad Karnatak. Each was further subdivided into 'Balaghat' and 'Payinghat'.
The capital of the soobah of Bijapur Karnatic was Sira. So that would probably be a likely contender for the place where these coins were struck.(See Sira Mint and also a mohur issued from Sira)

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3598p.		Rupee	1099	3x	Marudhar	No mint epithet? RY not clear	RR
AU	√ 3598p3.		”	xxxx	43	Zeno

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Bījāpūr Mint, Silver – Type 8, Eighth Rupee Niṣār

niṣār ʹālamgīr shāhῑ	ẓarb dār al-ẕafar bījāpūr

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3598r.	C306.5	Eighth Rupee Niṣār	xxxx	39	Zeno, Tody		RR

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Bījāpūr Mint, Silver – Type 9, Sixteenth Rupee Niṣār

niṣār ʹālamgīr shāhῑ	ẓarb dār al-ẕafar bījāpūr

Actual Weight (g)

0.5-0.7

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3598t.		Sixteenth Rupee Nisar	xxxx	x5	Tody	RY not clear	RR
AU	√ 3598t3.		”	xxxx	x6	ClassNG, Zeno
AU	√ 3598t6.		”	xxxx	x7	Bombay

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Bījāpūr Mint, Silver – Type 10, Sixteenth Rupee Niṣār, bādshāh

bādshāh ʹālamgīr

Actual Weight (g)

0.73

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	3598v.		Sixteenth Rupee	1114	46		Taken from KM. Type not known	RR
AU	√ 3598v3.			1118	51?	ClassNG

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Bījāpūr Mint, Copper, dār al-ẕafar

Reverse styles vary

	Pice	Half Pice	Quarter Pice
Actual Weight (g)	13.65-13.88	6.15-7.05	3.31-3.32
Actual Diameter (mm)	~20-21.5
Composition	Copper

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3611m.	285.21	Pice	xxxx	30?	RJ, Oswal, ClassNG	dār at bottom right on reverse
AU	√ 3611m3.		”	1099	32?	Zeno, ClassNG	dār at top right on reverse
AU	√ 3611o.	283.7	Half Pice	xxxx	xx	Ste
AU	√ 3611r.		Quarter Pice	xxxx	xx	Tody