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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 4239083, member: 4910&quot;]I bought several Mughal India coins recently and spent some time attempting to read the Arabic text on them with the help of Richard Plant&#039;s book <i>Arabic Coins and How to Read Them</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_mughalindia_shahjahan_rupee_1038_agra.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Mughal India Shah Jahan Rupee 1038 Agra</p><p>Silver, 22 mm, 10:47 gm, KM 222.1, Struck at Agra (Dar-i-Khilafa)</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Four horizontal lines of text</p><p>Line 1: Badshah Ghazi (Emperor and fighter for Islam)</p><p>Line 2: Muhammad Shah Jahan (King of the World)</p><p>Line 3: Shahab ud-Din (Star of the Faith)</p><p>Line 4: Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Sani Ahad (Second Lord of the Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, First year of reign)</p><p>The Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn is an Astrological event and supposedly one born during the conjunction was destined for greatness.</p><p>The &quot;second lord&quot; is due to the belief that Shah Jahan&#039;s ancestor Timur was also born during a conjunction.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Reverse: Three horizontal lines of text</p><p>Line 1: &quot;There is no god but God&quot;</p><p>Line 2: &quot;Muhammad is his messenger&quot;</p><p>Line 3: Sanat Dar-i-Khilafa Agra (Struck at seat of capital Agra)</p><p>The year &quot;1038&quot; is on the left side. AH 1038 is around AD 1628.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shah Jahan went on a building spree and his most famous building, the Taj Mahal, is located in Agra (near Delhi).</p><p><br /></p><p>The round marks on the coins are test marks for silver.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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