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# 218 / Jahangiri AH 1019 RY 5 Jahangir India B Mughal Empire
# 217Jahangiri AH 1015 RY 2 JahangirIndia B Mughal Empire India – Mughal Empire – Jahangir (AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627). Jahangiri AH 1015 RY 2. Mint: Ahmadabad, Silver (ø 21 mm – w. 13.50 g.). Edge: plain. KM 152.2. Brown 1208-9. Lane-Poole 411. Whitehead 927. Wright 611. Plant pp. 116-117. Rajgor n. v, p. 17.
Obverse: Persian legend. Kalima (*) in centre (La ilah illa Allah / Mohammed Rasul Allah = (There is) no god but Allah (and) Muhammad (is the) Messenger (of) Allah). Mint name and date at bottom (Zarb Ahmadabad 1015 = struck at Ahmadabad, 1015). Richly decorated field.
Reverse: Persian legend. Ruler's name and titles (from bottom to top: Nur-ud-din Muhammad / Jahangir Badshah / Ghazi = Light of the Faith, Muhammad Jahangir, Emperor, Warrior against the infidels). Regnal year (2) at bottom. Richly decorated field.
Note: Heavy Rupee, Kalima type.
(*) Kalima-e-Tayyab (the First Kalima): is the testification of faith in Islam. (Tayyab = Purity).
Web References: http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=e7a601f2723bd537dde04c89e12c3a8e&/topic,2527.0.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahangir
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 1601-1700 – Krause Publications, 3rd Edition, Usa, 2003. Lane-Poole Stanley – The Coinage of the Moghul Emperors of Hindustan in the British Museum – London, 1892 (reprinted 1983). Liddle, A – Coinage of Akbar / The Connaisseur's Choice – Gurgaon, India, 2005. Plant R. J. – Arab Coins and how to read them – Spink and Son Ltd., London, 1973, 1980 (revised), reprinted 2000. Rajgor D. – Collector's Guide to Mughal Coins – University of Mumbai, India, 2002. Whitehead R. B. – Catalogue of Coins in the Panjab Museum, Lahore / The Mughal Emperors – Vol. II, Oxford, 1914 (reprinted 1977). Wright H. N. – Catalogue of the Coins in the Indian Museum, Calcutta / The Mughal Emperors – Vol. III, Oxford, 1908 (reprinted 1972).