Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 4998468, member: 4910&quot;]The two kings Timurid Timur (Tamerlane) and Mughal Shah Jahan both called themselves &quot;Sahib Qiran&quot; which meant the &quot;Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shah Jahan even put the statement on some of his coins.</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</p><p>(Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction, Sani=second, Ahad=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 a word meaning &quot;first year&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shah Jahan was the &quot;Second Lord&quot; as either Alexander the Great or Timur was the First Lord.</p><p><br /></p><p>A conjunction is an astronomical term meaning that two planets are close to each other in the sky.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of the references I found about the astrological Auspicious Conjunction had Jupiter as one of the planets and meant that someone born near such a conjunction was destined for greatness, especially the conjunction with Saturn.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some sources state that Timur&#039;s Auspicious Conjunction was Jupiter-Saturn and that Shah Jahan&#039;s Auspicious Conjunction was Jupiter-Mars or Jupiter-Saturn.</p><p><br /></p><p>I attempted to find out which planets the two kings were referring to, and, thanks to Astrologer Richard Nolle, who calculated dates for conjunctions, I was able to find out a little.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Jupiter-Venus conjunction occurs approximately every one or two years.</p><p>The Jupiter-Mars conjunction occurs approximately every two or three years.</p><p>The Jupiter-Saturn conjunction occurs approximately every 20 years and was known as the &quot;great conjunction&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The conjunction dates listed are the times the two planets were closest together. They would be near each other for weeks before and after these dates.</p><p><br /></p><p>Timur was born on April 9, AD 1336.</p><p>The conjunction of Jupiter-Venus occurred April 6, 1335, June 24, 1336, and April 23, 1337.</p><p>The conjunction of Jupiter-Mars occurred February 2, 1334 and April 21, 1336.</p><p>The conjunction of Jupiter-Saturn occurred June 1, 1325 and March 24, 1345.</p><p>The closest conjunction occurring near Timur&#039;s birth is the Jupiter-Mars conjunction on April 21, 1336.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shah Jahan was born on January 5, AD 1592.</p><p>The conjunction of Jupiter-Venus occurred September 24, 1591 and December 2, 1592.</p><p>The conjunction of Jupiter-Mars occurred January 19, 1591 and April 2, 1593.</p><p>The conjunction of Jupiter-Saturn occurred May 3, 1583 and December 18, 1603.</p><p>The closest conjunction occurring near Shah Jahan&#039;s birth is the Jupiter-Venus conjunction of September 24, 1591.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, a &quot;great conjunction&quot; of Jupiter and Saturn will occur on December 21, 2020.</p><p><br /></p><p>Something to look forward to.</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>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in