Silver rupee of Farrukhsiyar – Bareli
Year: 1129 AH (1716/7 AD)
Regnal year: 6
Weight: 11.39 g
Mint: Bareli
Obverse
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Inscription |
Sikka zad az Fazl
Haqq bar Sim-o-zar Badshah Bahr-o-bar Farrukh siyar |
सिक्का ज़द अज़ फ़ज़्ल हक़्क़ बर सीम-ओ-ज़र बादशाह बहर-ओ-बर फ़र्रुख़ सियर |
سکہ زد از فضل حق بر سیم و زر بادشاہ بحر و بر فرخ سیر |
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Translation |
Struck this coin of
gold and silver by grace of The Truth Badshah of the sea and land Farrukhsiyar |
सत्य की कृपा से सोने और चांदी का यह सिक्का
ढाला गया भूमि और समुद्र का बादशाह फ़र्रुख़सियर |
فضل حق سے زر اور چاندی کا سکہ ڈھالا گیا زمین اور سمندر کا بادشاہ فرخ سیر |
Reverse
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Inscription |
Julus manus sanah 6 mimnat zarb Bareli |
जुलूस मानूस सनह 6 मीमनत ज़र्ब बरेली |
جلوس مانوس سنہ 6 میمنت ضرب بریلی |
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Translation |
Struck in the year six of his reign of tranquil prosperity at Bareli |
बरेली में शांत समृद्धि के छटे वर्ष में ढाला गया |
بریلی میں پرسکون خوشحالی دور حکومت کے چھٹے سال میں ڈھالا گیا |
The history of the Mughal empire after the death of
Aurangzeb is a chronicle of weakness in the sovereigns and disintegration in
the realm. Seventeen princes exercised the royal prerogative of coinage between
1707 and 1857.
After the death of Bahadur Shah I, the second son of
Aurangzeb, a war of succession began among his sons. The surviving of the four
sons, Jahandar Shah was placed on the throne.
Due his debaucherous nature, an attitude of contempt spread
among his subjects, and two ambitious brothers, Abdullah and Husain, two
powerful nobles who made and unmade rulers during this period of anarchy,
selected a new candidate for the Peacock throne.
About
Muhammad Farrukhsiyar (reigned: 1713 -1719) was the tenth Mughal
emperor and the son of born to Azim-ush-Shan, the grandson of Aurangzeb. Farrukhsiyar
was another weak ruler who conceded power to the Sayyid brothers as they
occupied the post of Prime minister and Commander-in-Chief.
Nearing the end of his reign, the Sayyid brothers made a
treaty with Shahu I of the Marathas and allowed him to collect tax in the
Deccan. After gaining the favour of Ajit Singh of Marwar and the Marathas, the brothers,
accompanied marched upon Delhi and enacted their violence in the capital. To
this, no opposition was attempted by Farrukhsiyar who hid himself among his
women. He was dragged out, thrown in prison and eventually executed. [i]
The coin
The coin contains the "Badshah Bahr-o-Barr"
couplet which was common on Farrukhsiyar’s coinage. The standard of calligraphy
is quite refined and it shows that modern-day Nasta’liq was in common use by this
time.
Bareli was the principal town of Rohilkhand and become a
mint town during Aurangzeb’s rule.[ii]
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