Note: Prior to the Mughals, Sindh was ruled by the Arghuns and Arghun-Tarkhans, as a weak buffer state between the Mughal subahs of Kabul and Punjab. Intrigues in the Arghun-Tarkhan house gave a chance to Akbar to intervene and invest the strategic fort of Bhakkar on the Indus in AH978. Akbar conquered Bhakkar in AH981 after a protracted siege of three years, led first by Muhibb Ali Khan and later by Mir Gesu Bakawal Begi. Minting activity at Bhakkar evidently started a couple of years later with copper dams and silver rupees appearing in AH984 and 985. The name of the mint is often spelled as ‘Bakar’ on silver coins and as ‘Bakhar’ on the coppers.

Gold coins of this mint are Exceedingly Rare, with one specimen in the Lahore Museum’s collection and another offered at ‘Triton XXVI’ sale in 2023. Due to the curious misspelling of the word, some coins of Bhakkar were wrongly identified as of ‘Bang’ mint, however evidence of find spots points conclusively in the direction of ‘Bakar’ or Bhakkar.

Very little of the mint-name is seen on this coin but its attribution to Bhakkar is certain upon comparison with the Triton sale Specimen. This coin bears AH985 as the date, while the Triton sale coin was AH984. This aspect adds to the UNIQUENESS of the coin since no other Specimens of this date are as yet known.

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