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# 365Rupee AH 1216 RY 26 East India CompanyIndia D Princely States - Awadh India – Awadh (Oudh) – East India Company (from November 10, 1801). Issue in the name of the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II. Rupee AH 1216 RY 26 (frozen) (AD 1801/2). Mint: Allahabad, Silver (ø 21 mm – w. 11.05 g.). Edge: plain. KM 586 (Mughal Empire). Plant p. 98.
Obverse: Persian legend. Couplet with the Ruler's name and titles (from bottom to top: [Zad bar Haft] Kish[war] Sikkah / [Sayah Faz]l ‘Alam Badshah / Shah [llah Hami din] = Struck coin through the seven climes, the shadow of the divine favour, Shah Alam, the Emperor, the defender of the Faith [of Mohammed]). Date (1216) at bottom right. Mint marks: Ball and Sword (above the bottom line at right).
Reverse: Persian legend. Mint name and Julus formula (from bottom to top: [Allahabad zar]b / sanat 26 julus / maimanat manus = struck at Allahabad, (in the) year 26 (of his) reign associated with prosperity). Mint mark: Fish (above the bottom line at right).
Note: The Nawab of Awadh, Sa’adat Ali Khan (AD 1798-1814), ceded Rohilkhand, with the districts of Allahabad and Kora, to the East India Company by the treaty of November 10, 1801.
Literature: Krause C. and Mishler C. – Standard Catalog of World Coins 1701-1800 – Krause Publications, 3rd Edition, Usa, 2002. Plant R. J. – Arab Coins and how to read them – Spink and Son Ltd., London, 1973, 1980 (revised), reprinted 2000.