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# 366Rupee AH 1218 RY 37 East India CompanyIndia D Princely States - Awadh
India – Awadh (Oudh) – East India Company (AD 1801-1806). Issue in the name of the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II. Rupee AH 1218 RY 37 (frozen) (AD 1803/4), Mint: Bareli Qita, Silver (ø 21 mm – w. 11.13 g.). Edge: plain. KM 52.3. Brown 4651-2. Plant p. 122.

Obverse:
Persian legend. Couplet with Ruler's name and titles (from bottom to top: [zad] 'z ta['id] / sikkah Sahib-qirani Ha[mi] di[n] / Ilah Mohammed Shah 'Alam Badshah = The defender of the Faith of Mohammed, Shah 'Alam, Emperor, struck coin appropriate to a Lord af the Fortunate conjunction of the planets by the Grace of God). Date (1218) in the central line in centre-right.

Reverse:
Persian legend. Mint name and Julus formula (from bottom to top: sanat julus 37 / maimanat manus / [Ba]r[el]i Qit'a / = Struck in the District of Bareli, (in the) year 37 (of his) reign associated with prosperity). Mint marks: Fish (at top left), eight-pointed Star (at bottom left) and Persian letter Wa (in the curl of Julus, at bottom).

Note:
The District of Bareli was ceded by the Nawab of Awadh, Sa’adat Ali Khan, to the East India Company in 1801.

The letter Wa on East India Company issues was reputedly the initial of the surname of the new settlement officer for Bareli, Henry Wellesley. The earlier issue, with letter He, my have been a less majestic initial of his personal name (extracted from Krause and Mishler's Catalog, KM 52.3, p. 569).

Literature:
Brown C. J. – Catalogue of Coins in the Provincial Museum Lucknow / The Mughal Emperors – Vol. I-II, Oxford, 1920 (reprinted 1985).
Krause C. and Mishler C. – Standard Catalog of World Coins 1801-1900 – Krause Publications, Usa, 4th Edition, 2004
Plant R. J. – Arab Coins and how to read them – Spink and Son Ltd., London, 1973, 1980 (revised), reprinted 2000