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# 227Rupee AH 1036 RY 21 JahangirIndia B Mughal Empire
India – Mughal Empire – Jahangir (AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627). Rupee AH 1036 RY 21, Persian month: Aban ( = Scorpio, the 8th month of the zodiac). Mint: Patna. Silver (ø 18 mm – w. 11.42 g.). Edge: plain. KM 145.12. Brown 1435. Lane-Poole 507 (RY 22, Farwardin). Whitehead 1000 (RY 22, Tir). Wright 765 (Half Rupee). Plant pp. 116-117. Rajgor n. vi, pp. 17-18.

Obverse:
Persian legend. Ruler's name and title (from bottom to top: Nur-ud-din Jahangir / Shah Akbar Shah = Light of the Faith, Jahangir, King, (son of) Akbar, King). Ornaments in the field. Linear circle and circle of dots on border.

Reverse:
Persian legend. Mint name and date with the Ilahi month and the regnal year (from bottom to top: zarb Patna 21 1036 / Ilahi mah Aban = struck at Patna, (in the year) 1036, (in the) Divine month of Aban, (regnal year) 21). Ornaments in the field.

Web References:
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).
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).