Aurangazeb, Silver

Aurangzeb Alamgir forbade the use of the Kalima on coins, as he did not want it be defiled by usage. However, he did keep the tradition of inscribing couplets on Imperial coins. This silver coin bears the “Mihir-e-Munir” couplet on the reverse, which reads “SIKKA-ZAD DAR-JAHAN MEHRE MUNIR SHAH AURANGZEB ALAMGIR”. In English this translates to “Struck money through the world like the shining sun, Shah Aurangzeb Alamgir”. On the obverse it has the name of the mint, Akbar Nagar, inscribed.