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<span style="line-height:115%;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;">Shah Alam Bahadur&nbsp;(AH 1119-1124 /1707-1712 AD),&nbsp;Mahmud Bandar (Parangipettai/ Porto Novo)&nbsp;Mint, Silver Rupee,&nbsp;AH 1121/3 RY, Obv: <span style="line-height:115%;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;">Persian legend “Sikka Mubarak Badshah Ghazi Shah Alam Bahadur”&nbsp;with Hijri year 1121,<span style="line-height:115%;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;"> Rev:<span style="line-height:115%;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;">Persian legend “sana 3 julus”&nbsp;&amp; “Mahmud Bandar”&nbsp;at the bottom,<span style="line-height:115%;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;"> 11.24g, 23.11mm,<span style="line-height:115%;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;"> <span style="line-height:115%;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;">(KM # 348.26),<span style="line-height:115%;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;"> nice patina, centrally struck, graded &amp; slabbed by&nbsp;<span style="line-height:115%;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;">NGS as MS60, Extremely Rare.

Note: Mahmud Bandar was originally known as ‘Parangipettai’ and existed as a small coastal settlement. ‘Porto Novo’ was the name given to it by the Portuguese in the early 16th Century, and the port was developed for maritime trade.Mahmud Bandar came under Aurangzeb’s control not through direct conquest but as a consequence of the Mughal annexation of Bijapur and Golconda in 1686–87, after which the Carnatic coast was reorganised under Mughal administration, and Porto Novo was incorporated as an imperial port with the new name Mahmud Bandar.In Mughal administration, a mint was established not immediately upon conquest but after political incorporation, appointment of officials, revenue assessment, and economic necessity, making minting a symbol of consolidated sovereignty rather than mere territorial control.But this was not the case with the Mint established at Mahmud Bandar, as we find specimens in the name of Aurangzeb with AH 1119, Ry 51 even though Aurangzeb died on 28 Zilqadah 1118 AH (3 March 1707 CE). This makes these posthumous issues and highlights the fact that these were never sanctioned by Aurangzeb himself. These issues were struck by the then Nawab of Carnatic: Zulfiqar Ali Khan Nusrat Jang, as per his own initiative.It was noted by Khafi Khan in his book Muntakhab-ul-Lubab that:“After the death of Alamgir, the burden of governing the Deccan became too heavy, and the authority of the imperial officers existed more in name than in effective command.”In the Deccan, Shah Alam Bahadur exercised legal sovereignty but had limited effective control. While Mughal authority survived in titles, coinage, and appointments, real power lay with autonomous nobles, Carnatic nawabs, and Maratha chiefs, making imperial control negotiated, fragmented, and increasingly symbolic.These facts are corroborated by the minting activity at Mahmud Bandar during the reign of Shah Alam Bahadur, as only single-year issues with AH 1121, Ry 3 are found, highlighting the irregular nature of minting, dictated by the trade needs of the port rather than imperial control.The specimens from Mahmud Bandar mint are a classic testament to the increasing provincial autonomy in the early 18th century and the survival of Mughal authority only in name.Specimens from Mahmud Bandar are known only in the names of Aurangzeb and Shah Alam Bahadur, and both are exceptionally rare to obtain.

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