Item number: A1239

Year: AD 1882 (AH 1300)

Material: Gold

Size: 20.6 x 20.6 mm

Provenance: Spink 2024

This is a Mohur gold coin minted in the Hijri year 1300 (AD 1882) during the reign of Asaf Jah VI, the ruler of the Hyderabad princely state. The coin was crafted entirely by hand.

The design of the coin follows the tradition of the Mughal Empire. The obverse side is inscribed with four lines of Urdu script. The top two lines bear the title of the ruler, “اصف جاہ” (Asaf Jah), while the bottom two lines read “نظام الملک م بھادر” (Nizam al-Mulk Bahadur), referring to the Nizam, the ruler of Hyderabad, and the honorific title “Bahadur,” meaning “His Excellency.” At the bottom, the Hijri year of minting, 1300 (AD 1882), is written in Persian numerals “۱۳۰۰.” The reverse side features the name of the minting location, Hyderabad, in Urdu “حیدر آباد,” along with an inscription related to blessings.

During the period of British rule in the Indian subcontinent, alongside the territories directly administered by the British, there were numerous princely states that emerged from the fragmentation of the Mughal Empire. Hyderabad in central and southern India was one of the most powerful princely states. Its ruler was originally the Mughal Empire’s governor in the Deccan region. After declaring independence in AD 1724, the coins minted by Hyderabad no longer bore the title of the Mughal emperor but instead featured the ruler’s own Nizam title.

In AD 1869, at the age of only three, Asaf Jah VI ascended to the position of the sixth Nizam. He received a British-style education and actively promoted modern infrastructure such as railways in the princely state until his death in AD 1911. In AD 1947, faced with the impending political changes as Britain prepared to leave the Indian subcontinent, the Hyderabad State had the options of joining India, joining Pakistan, or maintaining its independence. It chose to remain independent. Consequently, in AD 1948, shortly after its independence, India launched Operation Polo, an invasion that led to the annexation and dissolution of the Hyderabad State.

物件編號: A1239

年代: 公元 1882 (回曆 1300) 年

材質: 黃金

尺寸: 20.6 x 20.6 mm

來源: 斯賓克拍賣行 2024

這是一枚於回曆1300年(公元1882年)，由阿薩夫·賈赫六世統治的海德拉堡土邦鑄造的莫哈爾金幣，其工藝為純手工打造。

錢幣形制沿襲蒙兀爾帝國時期的設計，正面打印四行烏爾都文，上方兩行字為統治者頭銜「اصف جاہ」(阿薩夫·賈赫)，下兩行「نظام الملک م بھادر」為海德拉堡王公的統治頭銜「尼札姆」和意指閣下的「巴哈杜爾」尊稱。最下方以波斯數字標示錢幣鑄造的回曆1300年份「۱۳۰۰」。錢幣背面則標示鑄造地點海德拉堡的烏爾都文「حیدرآباد」，和跟祝福有關的銘文內容。

英國統治印度次大陸時期，今日的印度境內有英國直接管轄領地外，各地亦有許多從蒙兀兒帝國分裂自立的土邦。印度中南部的海德拉堡即是最強大的土邦之一，其統治者原為蒙兀兒帝國在德干地區的總督。公元1724年宣布自立後，其鑄造的錢幣不再保留蒙兀兒皇帝的頭銜，改以鐫刻自身的尼札姆頭銜替代。

公元1869年，時年僅三歲的阿薩夫·賈赫六世成為第六任尼札姆，自幼接受英式教育的他在土邦積極推動鐵路等現代建設，直到公元1911年去世為止。公元1947年，面對英國即將退出印度次大陸的政治變局，海德拉堡土邦在加入印度、加入巴基斯坦和維持獨立的選項中，決定維持獨立地位的選擇。因此公元1948年，獨立不久的印度發動代號「波羅行動」入侵行動，宣告海德拉堡土邦的滅亡。