1 Rupee - Akbar Karrah - Kada mint 969-970 (1562-1563)

Weight

11.09 g

Diameter

23.6 mm

Thickness

NA

Material

Silver

Shape

Round (irregular)

Edge Type

Plain

Technique

Hammered

Front design

Kalima Shahada within a square frame, and names of four Caliphs at the margins.

Back design

"Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar Badshah Ghazi" within a square frame and "Zarb Karrah" at the top margin

Year of Minting

969-970 (1562-1563)

Emperor

Akbar ( 1556-1605 )

Mint location

NA

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

NA

Inscriptions

NA

Context

[ unlisted in KM; Liddle type S-1 ] "Karrah mint" refers to a historic Mughal mint located in the town of Kara (or Karrah or Kada) , in Kaushambi district, India. It is famous for issuing silver coins under Emperor Akbar and other Mughals, serving as a crucial administrative center, especially for paying soldiers in the 16th century. "Zarb Karrah" ضرب کر Akbar received Karrah from Raja Ramachandra of Bhatha when he was subjugated in mid-1562 (AH969). Ramachandra agreed to be a vassal of Akbar and pay tribute to him, apart from surrendering the region around Karrah. Akbar made Karrah an administrative and strategic centre for his campaigns in Central India. His commander Asaf Khan, the architect of these campaigns, was the fief-holder at Karrah. The known dates on these coins coincide with these campaigns so it is a logical assumption that the mint was used to pay the soldiers engaged in Asaf Khan's army. The name has been sometimes spelt as Karrah, Kada, Kurrah and Kara (in Hindi कड़ा and Urdu ﮐﺮﻩ) and often called with its sister town across the river Ganges named Manikpur. While Kara falls in Kaushambi district, Manikpur is now a part of Partapgarh District.

Rarity

Ultra rare

Coin type

Standard circulation

In circulation

No

Demonetized

Yes

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