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Mughals: Dawar Bakhsh (1627 AD), silver rupee, Lahore mint, AH 1037/RY Ahd, KM 195.1, 11.06g. Obv: F

Currency:INR Category:Coins & Paper Money / Indian Coins - Mughal Empire Start Price:NA Estimated At:600,000.00 - 800,000.00 INR
Mughals: Dawar Bakhsh (1627 AD), silver rupee, Lahore mint, AH 1037/RY Ahd, KM 195.1, 11.06g. Obv: F
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Dawar Bakhsh (1627 AD), silver rupee, Lahore mint, AH 1037/RY Ahd, KM 195.1, 11.06g. Obv: Farsi inscription Abu al Muzaffar Dawar Bakhsh Badshah Sanah Ahd. Rev: Shahada, AH date and mint-name. Full king name, mint, date and RY visible.

Test marks, Very fine, Extremely rare.

When Jahangir died on 28 Safar, AH 1037 in Kashmir, his powerful courtier Asaf Khan feared the Queen Nur Jahan would place on throne 'her favourite son Shahryar as the new king. He enthroned Bulaki, the son of Jahangir's second son Khusrau, as 'Dawar Bakhsh'. The Khutba was read in Dawar Bakhsh's name at Bhimbar. His position was bolstered by his brothers and cousins joining him. Asaf Khan first defeated Shahryar's army on the outskirts of Lahore and then having secured Shah Jahan's agreement, proclaimed him as the emperor on 2 Jumada-I 1037. The puppet Dawar Bakhsh was killed along with his brothers and cousins who had sided with him by Shah Jahan's orders on 26 Jumada-I 1037, thus bringing his short reign to an end.