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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 5408841, member: 4910&quot;]This coin got me interested in planetary conjunctions early last year:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_mughal_rupee_shahjahan_1038_agra.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Mughal Rupee Shah Jahan, Agra, AH 1038</p><p>Silver, 22 mm, 10:47 gm, KM 222.1</p><p>Mint: Agra</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 Qiran Sani Ahad (Second Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction, First year of reign)</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Three horizontal lines of text</p><p>Line 1: &quot;There is no god but Allah&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 of the reverse and is hard to read.</p><p>AH 1038 is around AD 1628.</p><p>The coin has no regnal year but the word &quot;ahad&quot; meaning &quot;first year&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shah Jahan was the &quot;Second Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction&quot; as his ancestor Timur was the First Lord.</p><p><br /></p><p>A conjunction is an astronomical and astrological term meaning that two planets are close to each other in the sky.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;Auspicious Conjunction&quot; was usually Jupiter-Venus which occurs every one or two years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shah Jahan was born on January 5, AD 1592.</p><p>The nearest conjunction of Jupiter-Venus occurred 100 days before on September 24, 1591 which was probably close enough.</p><p><br /></p><p>Recently on December 21, 2020 there was a &quot;great conjunction&quot; of Jupiter and Saturn which occurred about every 20 years.</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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