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AH1116//48 INDIA MUGHAL - AURANGZEB SHOLAPUR MOHUR MS 64
Mughal, Aurangzeb (AH 1068-1118, 1658-1707 AD), Gold Mohur, Sholapur Mint, AH 1116, RY 4x, KM # 315.43, rare.
Mughals began slicing off Bijapur territory one after another. Before the fall of Bijapur in 1686 AD, there were many mints working in Sholapur and the South.
By peaceful means and assurances Prince Muazzam (Shah Alam Bahadur) exercised greater influence over Bijapur government. His opposition to Diler Khan was the main instrument by which peace with Bijapur was established. Bijapur accepted the Mughal suzerainty. In March 1680 AD. at Bijapur the Khutbah was read and the gold and the silver coins were struck in the name of the Emperor Aurangzeb. It was the greatest success of the Mughals at the hands of Prince Shah Alam Bahadur. He succeeded in reducing Bijapur to vassal state, for which his ancestors failed to achieve even by military strategy.
After the fall of Bijapur, in the new Subah of Dar-uz-Zafar Bijapur the Mughals established mints at many places like Bijapur, Ahsanabad (Gulbargah), Azamnagar (Belgaum), Azamnagar Gokulgarh (Gokak), Nusratabad (Sagar), Carnatic Nusratabad (Dharwar), Bankapur, Imtiyazgarh (Adhoni), Ferozgarh (Himmatgarh), Torgal, Chinapatan, Namol (Kamol or Qamar nagar) and Feroznagar (Raichur).
During his stay at Machnur eight miles east of Mangalvedha, the Emperor Aurangzeb used to pay a weekly visit to the masjid of Pir Gaibi Saheb at Mangalvedha. It is said that while thus going from his camp at Mangalvedha through the waving fields of corn, Aurangzeb happened to enquire into the revenue of the pargana or sub-division and was told that only Rs. 1 lakh were realized by his government.
On the deathbed Aurangzeb said to have left his last will under his pillow in which he gave directions for his own burial and for the partition of the Empire among his three sons Shah Alam Bahadur, Azam Shah and Kam Bakhsh.
Mughal, Aurangzeb (AH 1068-1118, 1658-1707 AD), Gold Mohur, Sholapur Mint, AH 1116, RY 4x, KM # 315.43, rare.
Mughals began slicing off Bijapur territory one after another. Before the fall of Bijapur in 1686 AD, there were many mints working in Sholapur and the South.
By peaceful means and assurances Prince Muazzam (Shah Alam Bahadur) exercised greater influence over Bijapur government. His opposition to Diler Khan was the main instrument by which peace with Bijapur was established. Bijapur accepted the Mughal suzerainty. In March 1680 AD. at Bijapur the Khutbah was read and the gold and the silver coins were struck in the name of the Emperor Aurangzeb. It was the greatest success of the Mughals at the hands of Prince Shah Alam Bahadur. He succeeded in reducing Bijapur to vassal state, for which his ancestors failed to achieve even by military strategy.
After the fall of Bijapur, in the new Subah of Dar-uz-Zafar Bijapur the Mughals established mints at many places like Bijapur, Ahsanabad (Gulbargah), Azamnagar (Belgaum), Azamnagar Gokulgarh (Gokak), Nusratabad (Sagar), Carnatic Nusratabad (Dharwar), Bankapur, Imtiyazgarh (Adhoni), Ferozgarh (Himmatgarh), Torgal, Chinapatan, Namol (Kamol or Qamar nagar) and Feroznagar (Raichur).
During his stay at Machnur eight miles east of Mangalvedha, the Emperor Aurangzeb used to pay a weekly visit to the masjid of Pir Gaibi Saheb at Mangalvedha. It is said that while thus going from his camp at Mangalvedha through the waving fields of corn, Aurangzeb happened to enquire into the revenue of the pargana or sub-division and was told that only Rs. 1 lakh were realized by his government.
On the deathbed Aurangzeb said to have left his last will under his pillow in which he gave directions for his own burial and for the partition of the Empire among his three sons Shah Alam Bahadur, Azam Shah and Kam Bakhsh.