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Photo
from Shatrughan Siravaji who wrote: RY Ahd
corresponds to 1759-1760, counting from the assassination of
Ālamgīr II and the subsequent proclamation by Shāh Ālam
II as the new king, notwithstanding the fact that the Wazir who murdered
Ālamgīr had installed Shāh Jahān III on the throne. The
year 1760 was of a political upheaval in Delhi. It saw the city being
occupied twice, first by the Durrānīs and then by the
Marathas, who deposed Shāh Jahān III in October to declare
Shāh Ālam II as the legitimate ruler. But soon afterwards they left
Delhi to seek finances and were defeated by the Afghans at Panipat in January
1761. This coin dates to this tumultuous period, and it is not certain who
might have issued it. However, it does not appear to be an issue of the
imperial mint of Shāhjahānābād, which was in Maratha
hands till their eventual retreat from Delhi in late January 1761. |
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