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AH1068//1 INDIA MUGHAL - MURAD BAKHSH AHMADABAD RUPEE MS 62
Mughal, Murad Bakhsh (AH 1068, 1658 AD), Silver Rupee, Ahmedabad Mint, KM # 272.1, very scarce.
Murad Baksh was the youngest son of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal. He was born in year 1624, being the youngest made him favourite of his elder sibling. In the year 1642 he was appointed as shubedar of Multan.
He was also the shubedar of Balkh, until he was replaced by his elder brother Aurangzeb in 1647. In 1657, Murad Baksh declared himself Emperor at Ahmadabad. On 7 July 1658, while he was in a tent with his brother Aurangzeb, he was intoxicated, secretly sent to the prison and transferred to Gwalior Fort from January 1659, he faced a trial that sentenced him to death for having murdered former Diwan clerk named Ali Naqi, in 1661. Aurangzeb then replaced Murad Bakhsh as the Subedar of Gujarat, and placed Inayat Khan as the new Mughal commander of Surat. On 14 December 1661, after spending three years in prison, he was executed at Gwalior Fort, with the last of his brothers now dead, Aurangzeb was the undisputed emperor of the Mughal Empire.
Mughal, Murad Bakhsh (AH 1068, 1658 AD), Silver Rupee, Ahmedabad Mint, KM # 272.1, very scarce.
Murad Baksh was the youngest son of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal. He was born in year 1624, being the youngest made him favourite of his elder sibling. In the year 1642 he was appointed as shubedar of Multan.
He was also the shubedar of Balkh, until he was replaced by his elder brother Aurangzeb in 1647. In 1657, Murad Baksh declared himself Emperor at Ahmadabad. On 7 July 1658, while he was in a tent with his brother Aurangzeb, he was intoxicated, secretly sent to the prison and transferred to Gwalior Fort from January 1659, he faced a trial that sentenced him to death for having murdered former Diwan clerk named Ali Naqi, in 1661. Aurangzeb then replaced Murad Bakhsh as the Subedar of Gujarat, and placed Inayat Khan as the new Mughal commander of Surat. On 14 December 1661, after spending three years in prison, he was executed at Gwalior Fort, with the last of his brothers now dead, Aurangzeb was the undisputed emperor of the Mughal Empire.