2017-04-24 Mon

Abul Muzaffar Muhi-ud-din Muhammad was the son of Shah Jahan. He is also known as Aurangzeb and by his regnal name Alamgir. He was the sixth and the last effective ruler of Mughal Empire. He had conducted a various military campaign to extend the frontiers of vast Mughal Empire. He was a devoted Muslim, and also tried to make all his people follow the doctrines of Islam.

When Aurangzeb began his reign he made some changes in his coins. One of the major changes was abolition the Kalima. He also introduced a new julus formula which reads as ‘Sanah julus maimanat manus zarb’ with the mint name. His square type coins were issued from Akbarabad, Akbarnagar, Junagadh and Shahjanabad. Coins which he had issued form the mint Akbarabad and Akbarnagar has the mint name written in the central square and the coins which he had issued from the other two mints Junagadh and Shahjahanabad have the mint name written in the margin.

This very rare gold mohur which he had issued from ‘Akbarnagar’ was sold for INR 80,000 at Todywalla Auction. The obverse of the coin is written as ‘Alamgir Badshah Gazi’ within the square, other titles are written in the margins and the reverse of the coin is inscribed as ‘Zarb Akbarnagar’ within a square and regnal year ‘3 ‘written in a margin.