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# 232Rupee AH 1037 RY 1 Shah JahanIndia B Mughal Empire
India – Mughal Empire – Shah Jahan (AH 1037-1068 / AD 1628-1658). Rupee AH 1037 RY Ahd (First). Mint: Agra (Dar-ul-Khilafat), Silver (ø 22 mm – w. 11.29 g.). Edge: plain. KM 222.1. Brown 1983. Lane-Poole –. Whitehead 1290. Wright –. Plant p.118. Rajgor n. xi-xii, p. 19.

Obverse:
Persian legend. Kalima in the first two lines (from top to bottom: La ilah illa Allah / Mohammed Rasul Allah = (There is) no god but Allah (and) Muhammad (is the) Messenger (of) Allah). Mint name at bottom (from bottom to top: Dar-ul-Khilafat Agra zarb = Struck at the Seat of the Caliphate, Agra). Date([10]37) in the central line at left.

Reverse:
Persian legend. Ruler's name and titles (from bottom to top: Sahib Qiran Sani / Shihab ud-Din / Muhammed Shah Jahan / Badshah Ghazi = Second Lord of the Fortunate Conjunction of the Planets, Flame of the Faith of Muhammad, Shah Jahan (1), Emperor, Conqueror of infidels). Regnal year (sanat Ahd) below the top line at left.

Note:
Sahib Qiran was the title of Timur. As the Mughals are descended from the Timurids, Shah Jahan called himself the second (Sani) Sahib Qiran (Lord of the Universe). (extracted from Mr. Oesho's comments on Worldofcoins' Forum).

Provenance:
Stephen Album Rare Coins, California, Auction 18, 16-18 January 2014, Lot 1200.
ex Deepak Haritwal Collection.

Web References:
http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php/topic,1836.0.html
http://aha.confex.com/aha/2010/webprogram/Paper3547.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 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).