Mughal Empire AH 1068/1 rupee KM-272.3
This specimen was lot 692 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Murad Bakhsh, 1658, AR rupee, Surat, AH1068 year one (ahad), lovely strike, bold VF." The Mughal Empire dominated India during the seventeenth century but broke up in the eighteenth century under external attack, Hindu rebellion and civil war. This collapse allowed European colonizers entry into the subcontinent and eventual British control. 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.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.2-11.6 g, silver, this specimen 11.32 g.
Catalog reference: KM-272.3.
- Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
- 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 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
Link to:
- AH 1067/31 half rupee, Surat mint, legend within circle
- AH 1067/31 half rupee, Surat mint, legend within square
- AH 1068/31 rupee, Surat mint
- AH 1068/1 half rupee, Surat mint, Muhammad Murad Baksh
- AH 1068/1 rupee, Ahmadabad mint, Murad Baksh
- AH 1069/32 rupee, Tatta mint, Shah Jahan posthumous
- AH 1070/1 (1659) rupee, Tatta mint, Aurangzeb
- Coins and currency dated 1658