Moghul
Empire – Jahāngīr – Māndū Mint, Gold
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Mohur |
Quarter Mohur |
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Actual
Weight (g) |
10.6-10.9 |
2.70 |
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Composition |
Gold |
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Catalogue
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Cat No. |
Photo Link |
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Denomination |
AH |
RY |
Provenance |
Comments |
Rarity |
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178.6 |
Mohur |
1026 |
12 |
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RRR |
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172.3 |
Quarter
Mohur |
1026 |
12 |
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RRR |
Photo from Lingen. Jahangir, Rupee, Mandu,
AH1026/Ry.12, "Fath-i-Dakkan"-type.
Couplet:
"Ba-Mandu Sikka-i-Fateh-Dakkan zad Shah-i-Bahr-o-bar
Shahahshah-i-Zaman Shah Jahangir ibn Shah Akbar"
(Coin of the victory in the Dakkan, struck at Mandu by the Lord of the sea and
land, King of Kings of the age, Shah Jahangir, son of Shah Akbar.)
...
The
triumphant reference is to the surrender or restoration of the fort of
Ahmadnagar and other strong places of the Deccan, conquered by Akbar but
wrested from the Mughals during the early part of Jahangir’s reign by the
enterprising Malik Amber. In his account of the events of the eleventh year of
his reign the emperor writes: Before the coming of ‘Adil Khan’s ambassadors I
had made up my mind that having sent Baba Khurram on with the vanguard I should
myself proceed to the Deccan and carry out the important affair.
Prince Khurram (the later emperor Shah Jahan) left Ajmer on the 18th of
Shawwal, 1025, for the conquest of the provinces of the Deccan. Jahangir
himself followed on the 1st of Zilqa’da 1025 (Ry.11). On the 29th of the month
Farwardin of the twelfth year Saiyad Abdullah Barha, the envoy of my son of
good fortune Baba Khurram, waited on me and presented a letter from that son
containing news of a victory over the provinces of the Decan. All the chiefs
laying the head of duty in the noose of obedience had consented to service and
humility, and laid before him the keys of the forts and strongholds, especially
the fort of Ahmadnagar. In gratitude for this great favour and beneficence,
placing the head of supplication on the throne of that God who requires no
return, I opened my lips in thankfulness, and humbling myself ordered them to
beat the drums of rejoicing
The emperor Jahangir was at Mandu when the joyful news arrived and there can be
no doubt that the above rupee was struck in honour of the occasion.
Ref.: R.B.
Whitehead: Some notable coins of the Mughal emperors of India, Numismatic
Chronicle, 1923; KM#149.19