Mughal Empire AH 1068/1 rupee KM-272.2

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Steve Album sale 55, lot 665

This specimen was lot 665 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Murad Bakhsh, 1658, AR rupee, Khambayat, AH1068 year one (ahad), rare mint for this ruler, bold strike, without any testmarks! VF-XF, R." Muhammad Murad Bakhsh (Urdu: مُحمّد مُراد بخش‎), (1624-1661) was a Mughal prince and the youngest son of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Empress Mumtaz Mahal. He was the Subedar of Balkh, till he was replaced by his elder brother Aurangzeb in the year 1647. He made an attempt to seize the throne after Shah Jahan's death but was defeated and captured by Aurangzeb. He was eventually executed in prison on trumped up charges. This type was struck at Ahmadabad, Surat and Khambayat mints in 1658. Khambayat was a port on the Arabian Sea a little north of Surat. Its medieval name was Cambay and it is now known as Khambat in Gujarat state.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 11.0-11.6 g, silver, this specimen 11.53 g.

Catalog reference: KM-272.2.

Sources:

  • Album, Stephen. Checklist of Islamic Coins. Santa Rosa, 1998. Stephen Album.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.

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