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Moghul Empire – Shāh Jahān – Lāhore Mint, Gold – Type 1

Actual Weight (g)
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
	2474.	254.5	Mohur	1037	1

In his pre-accession name of Khurram (see rupee). Photo from Bhandare

Moghul Empire – Shāh Jahān – Lāhore Mint, Gold – Type 2

Actual Weight (g)
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
	2475.	255.4	Mohur	1039	2

Moghul Empire – Shāh Jahān – Lāhore Mint, Gold – Type 3

Actual Weight (g)
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
	2476.	257.1	Mohur	1042	5			RR

10.82g, Lahore mint, AH 1040/RY-4, Kalima within duofoil (KM.257.1). Kohinoor Auctions

Shatrughan Saravagi. Shah Jahan (1628-1658 AD), Gold Mohur, 10.92g, Lahore Mint, AH 1041/RY 5. Obv: Kalima in circle. Rev: Ruler's full name and title in four lines, KM 257.1.

Moghul Empire – Shāh Jahān – Lāhore Mint, Gold – Type 4

Photo from Album

Actual Weight (g)
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
	2477.	260.11	Mohur	1046	9		Ref: Goron
	2477b.		”	1047	10
	2477c.		“	1048	12
	2478.		”	1053	17
	2479.		”	1062	26

1046/9. Photo from Goron

Moghul Empire – Shāh Jahān – Lāhore Mint, Silver – Type 1 – Half Rupee Niṣār, Couplet

zar-i-niṣār chu māh kard dahr ra pur noor (The money to ward off evil, like a resplendent full moon, rendered the universe full of light,)	za-naam-i-shāh jahān bādshāh dār lāhore (by the name of king Shāh Jahān in Lāhore)

Actual Weight (g)	5.64
Actual Diameter (mm)	22
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
	√ 2481.	A238.1	Half Rupee Niṣār	1037	1	Daulal Johri	Also posted in Zeno	RRR
	2481c.		”	1039	3
	2488.		”	1114	44

Moghul Empire – Shāh Jahān – Lāhore Mint, Silver – Type 2 – Half Rupee Niṣār, Sahib Qirān

sahib qirān sanah [RY]	ẓarb dār al-sulṭana lāhore sanah [AH]

Actual Weight (g)	~5.5-5.8
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
	√ 2488.	247.1	Half Rupee Niṣār	1048	12	Zeno		RRR
	2488b.		”	1048	13
	2488c.		”	1051	15
	2488e.		”	1055	19

Moghul Empire – Shāh Jahān – Lāhore Mint, Silver – Type 3 – Quarter Rupee Niṣār

Actual Weight (g)	2.85
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
	2480.	237.1	Quarter Rupee Niṣār	1037	1			RRR

Moghul Empire – Shāh Jahān – Lāhore Mint, Silver – Type 4 – Quarter Rupee Niṣār, No epithet

ẓarb lāhore shāh jahān bādshāh ghāzī sanah [RY]	niṣār sahib qirān thani [AH]

Actual Weight (g)	2.6-2.9
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
	√ 2482m.	-	Quarter Rupee Niṣār	1043	7	Bhandare	On all other Nisars of Shahjahan, either his name or his title 'Sahib Qiran Thani' is mentioned. This is a unique piece which has both - 'Nisar-i-Sahib Qiran Thani' on obverse and 'Shahjahan Badshah Ghazi' on reverse. Mint-name has no epithet.	RR

Moghul Empire – Shāh Jahān – Lāhore Mint, Silver – Type 5 – Quarter Rupee Niṣār, No epithet

niṣār shāh jahān bādshāh ghāzī sanah [RY]	ẓarb lāhore sanah [AH]

Actual Weight (g)	2.6-2.9
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
	√ 2482.	240.5	Quarter Rupee Niṣār	1044	7	Zeno		RR

Moghul Empire – Shāh Jahān – Lāhore Mint, Silver – Type 6 – Quarter Rupee Niṣār, Dār al Ẓarb

niṣār shāh jahān bādshāh ghāzī sanah [RY]	dār al-ẓarb lāhore [AH]

Actual Weight (g)	2.6-2.9
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
	√ 2483.	240.13	Quarter Rupee Niṣār	1047	11	Bhandare

Moghul Empire – Shāh Jahān – Lāhore Mint, Silver – Type 7 – Quarter Rupee Niṣār, Dār al-Sulṭān

niṣār shāh jahān bādshāh ghāzī sanah [RY]	ẓarb dār al sulṭān lāhore sanah [AH]

Actual Weight (g)	2.6-2.9
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
	√ 2483m.	240.4	Quarter Rupee Niṣār	1048	12	Zeno
	2484.		”	1049	12
	√ 2484c.		”	1049	13	Zeno
	2484e.		”	1050	13
	2484g.		”	1050	14
	2485.		”	1051	14
	2485c.		”	1051	15
	2485e.		”	1052	15
	2485g.		”	1053	17
	2485i.		”	106x	30
	2486.		”	1068	32

Moghul Empire – Shāh Jahān – Lāhore Mint, Silver – Type 8 – Quarter Rupee Niṣār, Sahib Qirān, Niṣār as Divider on Obverse

niṣār sahib qirān thani	ẓarb dār al sulṭana lāhore sanah [AH]

Actual Weight (g)	2.5-2.9
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
	2487.	246.5	Quarter Rupee Niṣār	1052	15			RR
	√ 2487c.		”	1055	18	SA, Zeno
	√ 2487c3.		”	1055	19	Zeno
	2487c6.		”	1056	20
	2487e.		”	1057	20
	2487e3.		”	1058	2x
	2487e6.		”	1061	24
	2487g.		”	1062	2x
	2487g3.		”	1062	26
	2487g6.		”	1063	26

Moghul Empire – Shāh Jahān – Lāhore Mint, Silver – Type 9 – Quarter Rupee Niṣār, Sahib Qirān, Sahib as Divider on Obverse

niṣār sahib qirān thani	ẓarb dār al sulṭana lāhore sanah [AH]

Actual Weight (g)	2.5-2.9
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
	√ 2480m		Quarter Rupee Niṣār	1055	19	Zeno
	√ 2480m3.		”	1057	20	Zeno

Moghul Empire – Shāh Jahān – Lāhore Mint, Silver – Type 10 – Eighth Rupee Niṣār

niṣār-i-shāh jahān bādshāh ghāzī sanah [RY]	ẓarb lāhore sanah [AH

Actual Weight (g)	1.4
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
	√ 2484m.	-	Eighth Rupee Niṣār	1044	7	Zeno

Moghul Empire – Shāh Jahān – Lāhore Mint, Silver – Type 11 – Eighth Rupee Niṣār, ‘Niṣār’ Missing

Actual Weight (g)	~1.4
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
	√ 2484m3.	-	Eighth Rupee Niṣār	1055	19	Zeno	Ref: Ashmolean

Moghul Empire – Shāh Jahān – Lāhore Mint, Silver – Type 12

In his name Khurram, before he became king. The RY is shown as a numeral 1, as opposed to the usual ahd

Photo from Baldwin

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

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
	2489.	220.1	Rupee	1037	1			RRR

Photo from Bhandare.

Moghul Empire – Shāh Jahān – Lāhore (dār al-sulṭānat) Mint, Silver – Type 13

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

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
	2490.	222.10	Rupee	1037	1
	2491.		”	1038	1
	2492.		”		2

Moghul Empire – Shāh Jahān – Lāhore Mint, Silver – Type 14

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

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
	2493.	224.14	Rupee	1038	2
	2494.		”	1039	2

Photo from Numis Khan. 1038/2

Moghul Empire – Shāh Jahān – Lāhore Mint, Silver – Type 15

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

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
	2495.	227.7	Rupee	1040	3
	2496.		”	1041
	2497.		”	1042	5

Photo from Satyendra Hajela. 1041/4

Photo from Mitresh Singh. 1040/3

Moghul Empire – Shāh Jahān – Lāhore Mint, Silver – Type 16

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

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
	2498.	235.17	Rupee	1042	6			C
	2499.		”	1043	6
	2499c.		”	1043	7
	2500.		”	1044	7
	2500c.		”	1044	8
	2501.		”	1045	8
	2501c.		”	1045	9
	2502.		”	1046	9
	√ 2502c.		”	1046	10	Ste
	√ 2503.		”	1047	10	Ste
	√ 2503c.		”	1047	11	Ste
	√ 2504.		”	1048	11	Ste
	√ 2504c.		”	1048	12	Ste
	2505.		”	1049	12
	2505c.		”	1049	13
	2506.		”	1050	13
	2506c.		”	1050	14
	2507.		”	1051	14
	2507c.		”	1051	15
	2508.		”	1052	15
	2508c.		”	1052	16
	2509.		”	1053	16
	2509c.		”	1053	17
	2510.		”	1054	17
	2510c.		”	1054	18
	2511.		”	1055	18
	2511c.		”	1055	19
	2512.		”	1056	19
	2512c.		”	1056	20
	2513.		”	1057	20
	2513c.		”	1057	21
	2514.		”	1058	21
	2514c.		”	1058	22
	2515.		”	1059	22
	2515c.		”	1059	23
	2516.		”	1060	23
	2516c.		”	1060	24
	2517.		”	1061	24
	2517c.		”	1061	25
	2518.		”	1062	25
	2518c.		”	1062	26
	2519.		”	1063	26
	2519c.		”	1063	27
	2520.		”	1064	27
	2520c.		”	1064	28
	2521.		”	1065	28
	2521c.		”	1065	29
	2522.		”	1066	29
	2522c.		”	1066	30
	2523.		”	1067	30
	2523c.		”	1067	31
	2524.		”	1068	31
	2524c.		”	1068	32
	2525.		”	1069	32
	2525c.		”	1069	33
	2526.	218.6	Half Rupee	1054

Photo from Mohammad Sultan. 1057/21

Photo from Mitresh Singh. 1045/8