2020-02-25 Tue

Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan was the Nawab of Princely State Tonk. He ruled this state from 1867 until this death in 1930. He sat on the throne of Princely State Tonk; when his father Muhammad Ali Khan was the third Nawab of Tonk was overthrow by the British government in a charge of mass murder. Nawab Muhammad Ali Khan was found guilty in the mass-killings of the Thakur of Lawa state and his relatives. His mother was the daughter of Ahmad Ali Khan.

Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan attended all three Delhi Durbars. In the year 1901, he passes a law for the conservation of wildlife and the environment in his state. First, he made this law pass in present-day Gujarat. Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan is titled as ‘His Highness, Wazir-ul-Mulk, Nawab Hafiz Sir Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan Sahib Bahadur, Saulat Jung, Nawab of Tonk’.

This silver rupee was issued by Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan; the weight of this coin is around 11.19g. The obverse of this coin is inscribed with the name and title of king Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan with Hijri Date 1342. The reverse of this coin is inscribed with the name and title of King George V and Date 1924.

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