Mughal Empire AR rupee 1627-1658 Large of Shah Jahan , Junagadh, Moghul Empire

Inscriptions on both sides Shah Jahan / Zarb Junagadh // Shahada, AH date (dated to 1065 AH (1654 AD)). 25mm, 11.37 g. Junagadh mint, KM 235.12.

Struck on a large flan, with most of the legends clear. Very nice example, nicer than the scan.

The Mughal Dynasty is a line of Muslim emperors who reigned in India from 1526 to 1858. Babur, the first Mughal emperor, was a descendant of the Turkish conqueror Timur on his father's side and of the Mongol (or Mughal) conqueror Genghis Khan on his mother's side, Invaded India from Afghanistan and founded the Mughal Empire on the ruin of the Delhi Sultanate.