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# 361Rupee 117x RY 3 Shuja-ud-DaulaIndia D Princely States - Awadh
India – Awadh – Shuja-ud-Daula, as Nawab (AH 1170 - 1189 / AD 1756 - 1775). Issue in the name of the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II. Rupee AH 117(x) RY 3 (AD 1761). Mint: Kora, Silver (ø 21 mm – w. 11.25 g.). Edge: plain. KM 162 (Marathas). Brown –. M/W – (unlisted Mint).

Obverse:
Persian legend. Couplet with the Ruler's name and titles (from bottom to top: [xxx Haft Kishwar zad din Sikkah / Shah] ‘Alam Badshah / Haft llah Muhammad din [xxx] = Struck coin through the seven climes, the shadow of the divine favour, Shah Alam, the Emperor, the defender of the Faith of Mohammed). Date (117x) above the top line at right. Symbols: Pataka (banner), Trisula (trident) and Flower-star.

Reverse:
Persian legend. Mint name and Julus formula (from bottom to top: Ko[ra] zarb / sanat 3 julus / maimanat manus = Struck at Kora, (in the) year 3 (of his) reign associated with prosperity). Symbols: Flower-star and five-dots circlet.

The posession of the Kora district during the Shah Alam II's reign:
Awadh = AH xxxx – 1178 / AD xxxx – 1764 (coins known: AH 117x // RY 1–4)
British = AH 1178 – 1179 / AD 1764 – 1765
Mughals = AH 1179 – 1184 / AD 1765 – 1771 (coins known: AH 11xx // RY 7–12)
British = AH 1184 – 1188 / AD 1771 – 1773
Awadh = AH 1188 – 1216 / AD 1773 – 1801 (coins known: AH 1188//16 – 1189//16 – 1190//17 / 1194//20)
British = from November 10, 1801 (AH 1216)

1761 – Panipat battle, January 1761.
1764 – Buxar battle, October 1764. Awadh loses Kora.
1765 – Treaty of Allahabad, August 16, 1765. The British restore Kora to Shah Alam II.
1765 – Shah Alam II under the British protection (AD 1765-1771).
1771 – Shah Alam II leaves the protection of the British and goes over to the Marathas.
1773 – Treaty of Benaras, the Nawab of Awadh, Shuja (AD 1756-1775), receives Kora from the British.
1801 – The Nawab of Awadh, Sa’adat Ali Khan (AD 1798-1814), cedes Kora to the East India Company by the treaty of November 10, 1801.

Web References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuja-ud-Daula
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Buxar
http://www.san.beck.org/2-10-Marathas1707-1800.html

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 1701-1800 – Krause Publications, 3rd Edition, Usa, 2002.
Maheshwari K. K. and Wiggins K. W. – Maratha Mints and Coinage – Indian Inst. of Research in Numismatic Studies, Bombay, 1989.