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# 222Rupee AH nd JahangirIndia B Mughal Empire
India – Mughal Empire – Mughal Empire – Jahangir (AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627). Rupee nd. Mint: Ahmadnagar, Silver (ø 18 mm – w. 11.25 g.). Edge: plain. KM 141.1. Brown 1276-7 . Lane-Poole – (mint unrepresented). Whitehead 947-8. Wright – (mint unrepresented in silver). Plant p.118. Rajgor n. x, p. 19.

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 at bottom ([Zarb] Ahmadnagar = struck at Ahmadnagar). Flowered fields.

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). Flowered fields.

(*) Kalima-e-Tayyab (the First Kalima): is the testification of faith in Islam. (Tayyab = Purity).

Web References:
http://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=82204
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).