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RARE MUGHAL EMPIRE PRINCE SALIM RUPEE ALLAHABAD MINT

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RARE MUGHAL EMPIRE PRINCE SALIM RUPEE ALLAHABAD MINT
A RARE & HIGH QUALITY MUGHAL EMPIRE PRINCE SALIM, JAHANGIR & AKBAR RUPEE ALLAHABAD MINT. Mughal
Empire. Nur al-Din Muhammad Jahangir. REIGN AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627. AR Silver Rupee. Mint: ALLAHABAD, Jalal al-Din
Akbar. 1556-1605. Dated Ilahi 45, month Ardibihisht (May 1599 AD). Legend with month below / Date and mint. The coins struck at
Allahabad are anonymous, bearing only a poetical couplet. They are believed to have been issued by Prince Selim, governor of the
province and restive to take his place as successor to his father. He rebelled several times before coming to the throne in 1605 as
Jahangir. The coin has the reverse of Wright 164, dated year 45, but the month Ardibihisht is otherwise only noted for year 46
(Wright 165).Reverse: ba gharb-o-sharq couplet.attributed to the rebellion of Akbar’s son, Salim, later the emperor Jahangir,