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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 4572637, member: 4910&quot;]Two India Mughal coins of Muhammad Shah AH 1131-1161 (AD 1719-1748):</p><p><br /></p><p>Muḥammad Shah was the Mughal Emperor from 1719 to 1748.</p><p>He ascended the throne at the age of 17 with the help of two brothers whom he then had murdered.</p><p>His reign was infamous for the invasion by Nader Shah of Persia who sacked the Mughal capital carrying off, among other things, the Peacock Throne.</p><p>The Mughal Empire then went into a decline.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_mughal_rupee_muhammadshah_1160_kashmir.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Mughal Rupee Muhammad Shah Kashmir AH 1160 (AD 1747) Year 30</p><p>Silver, 23 mm, 11:36 gm, KM 436.36</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Three horizontal lines of text</p><p>Line 1: Muhammad Shah (King, this line is outside the flan on this coin)</p><p>Line 2: Badshah Ghazi (Emperor and fighter for Islam)</p><p>Line 3: Mubarak Sikka 1160 (Auspicious Coin, year 1160)</p><p>The year 1160 is on the obverse below the center. AH 1160 is around AD 1747.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Three horizontal lines of text</p><p>Line 1: Manus Sanat (Associated year)</p><p>Line 2: Julus Maimanat 30 (Reign tranquil prosperity, regnal year 30)</p><p>Line 3: Zarb Kashmir (Struck Kashmir)</p><p>(Struck Kashmir in year 30 of his reign associated with tranquil prosperity)</p><p><br /></p><p>The regnal year 30 is on the reverse at the right.</p><p>It equates to AH 1131+30-1 or 1160 which is around AD 1747 also.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_mughal_rupee_muhammadshah_1161_muhammadabad.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Mughal Rupee Muhammad Shah Muhammadabad-Banaras AH 1161 (AD 1748) Year 31</p><p>Silver, 15 mm, 11:35 gm, KM 436.15</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Three horizontal lines of text</p><p>Line 1: Muhammad Shah (King)</p><p>Line 2: Badshah Ghazi (Emperor and fighter for Islam)</p><p>Line 3: Mubarak Sikka (Auspicious Coin, this line is outside the flan on this coin)</p><p>The coin has no year visible.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Three horizontal lines of text</p><p>Line 1: Zarb Muhammadabad (Struck Muhammadabad)</p><p>Line 2: Manus Sanat Julus Maimanat 31 (Associated year reign tranquil prosperity, regnal year 31)</p><p>Line 3: Banaras (this line is outside the flan on this coin</p><p>(Struck Muhammadabad in year 31 of his reign associated with tranquil prosperity)</p><p><br /></p><p>The regnal year 31 is on the reverse on the lower right.</p><p>It equates to AH 1131+31-1 or 1161 which is around AD 1748.</p><p>Muhammadabad-Banaras was a mint located in what is now Benares or Varanasi.</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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