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Aurangzeb's Coinage: The Emperor Who Minted His Faith
After decades of war, taxes, and religious controversy, how did Aurangzeb want to be remembered in the everyday hands of his subjects? Through his coins. This episode follows the emperor's radical redesign of Mughal currency—replacing the traditional kalima with his own name, dropping the Shahada altogether in a break with centuries of precedent, and minting silver rupees that bore only his titles. We explore how the Alamgiri rupee became both propaganda tool and economic instrument, who protested the change and why, and what the coins' inscriptions tell us about Aurangzeb's…
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