Lot 271

Mughal, Dawar Bakhsh (AH 1037, 1627 AD), Silver Rupee, 11.19 gms, 21.29 mm, Lahore Mint (fully visible at bottom on rev), AH 1037, RY Ahd, Obverse. Abu al muzaffar Dawar Bakhsh badshah with sanah Ahd, Reverse. Kalima with mint name at the bottom Lahore and date AH 1037, Dawar Bakhsh ruled the Mughal Empire from 1627, the meaning of the word Dawar Bakhsh is ‘God Given’, he was the grandson of Jahangir and eldest son of Khusuru, Dawar Bakhsh sat on the Mughal throne immediately after the death of his grandfather Jahangir, he ruled the Mughal Empire for a very short period of 3 months, KM # 195.1, very fine, extremely rare.