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№ 779

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16 March 1994

Hammer Price:
£420

India, SULTANS OF KASHMIR, Muhammad Ibrabim (1132-1133; 1720), Rupee, Shahjahanabad, 1132, year 1 (KM 426.1). Very fine and extremely rare

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Indian Coins.

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Muhammad Ibrahim, a grandson of Bahadur, was a shadowy figure, who during the anarchy that followed the death of Farrukh-siyar enjoyed just a few moments on the imperial stage, ruling for only about a month at Shahjahanabad (Delhi). His coins, which are only known from Shahjahanabad, are extremely rare