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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 8315082, member: 4910&quot;]The Mughal India Emperor Shah Jahan (Born: AD 1592 Died: AD 1666 Reign: AD 1628-1658) called himself &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_shahjahan_mohur_1045_allahabad.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Mughal Mohur, Shah Jahan, AH 1045 (AD 1636) Year 9</p><p>Gold, 22 mm, 10.87 gm, KM 260.3</p><p>Struck at the Allahabad Mint</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Square with two lines inside it and four lines around it</p><p>Square upper: Badshah Ghazi (Emperor and Fighter for Islam)</p><p>Square lower: Shah Jahan (King of the World)</p><p>Square top: Shahab-ud-Din (Star of the Faith)</p><p>Square right: Muhammad Sahib (Lord Muhammad)</p><p>Square bottom: Qiran-e-Sani (Second Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction)</p><p>Square left: Zarb Allahabad (Struck at Allahabad)</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Square with two lines inside it and four lines around it</p><p>Square upper: There is no god but Allah</p><p>Square lower: Muhammad is his messenger</p><p>(The four Caliphs below are the first four Caliphs of Islam)</p><p>Square top: Caliph Abu Bakr</p><p>Square right: Caliph Umar</p><p>Square bottom: Caliph Uthman</p><p>Square left: Caliph Ali</p><p><br /></p><p>The year &quot;1045&quot; is on the reverse bottom. AH 1045 is around AD 1636.</p><p>The regnal year &quot;9&quot; is on the obverse bottom.</p><p>It equates to AH 1037+9-1 or AD 1045.</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>The question of &quot;how close is a conjunction&quot; has had many answers over time but is usually within a few compass degrees.</p><p><br /></p><p>One compass degree is about the width of two full moons.</p><p><br /></p><p>Planetary conjunctions are important in Astrology as planets close together can combine their energy.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;Auspicious Conjunction&quot; was a name given by ancient astrologers to a conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Venus occurring when someone was born. It meant that the person was destined for greatness.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shah Jahan was born on January 5, AD 1592 and a Jupiter-Venus conjunction occurred around September 24, 1591. Was this close enough for government work?</p><p><br /></p><p>Shah Jahan called himself the &quot;Second Lord&quot; as his ancestor Timur also called himself the &quot;Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction&quot; and was thus the &quot;First Lord&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another coin of Shah Jahan with his title, this one a silver rupee:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_mughal_shahjahan_rupee_1038_agra.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Mughal Rupee, Shah Jahan, AH 1038 (AD 1629), First year</p><p>Silver, 22 mm, 10.47 gm, KM 222.1</p><p>Struck at the Agra Mint, later the site of Shah Jahan&#039;s famous Taj Mahal.</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: Ahad Muhammad Shah Jahan (First year of reign, King of the World)</p><p>Line 3: Shahab ud-Din (Star of the Faith)</p><p>Line 4: Sahib Qiran Sani (Second Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction)</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Three horizontal lines of text</p><p>Line 1: There is no god but Allah</p><p>Line 2: Muhammad is his messenger</p><p>Line 3: Zarb Dar-i-Khilafa Agra (Struck at seat of capital Agra)</p><p><br /></p><p>The year &quot;1038&quot; is on the reverse left side. AH 1038 is around AD 1629.</p><p>The coin has no regnal year but the word &quot;Ahad&quot; which means &quot;first year&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, a conjunction of Jupiter and Venus will occur this weekend early in the mornings of April 30, 2022 and May 1, 2022. The planets will be one-half a degree apart, about the size of a full moon.</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>

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