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# 362Rupee nd RY 3 Shuja-ud-DaulaIndia D Princely States - Awadh
India – Awadh – Shuja-ud-Daula, as Nawab (AH 1170 - 1189 / AD 1756 - 1775). Issue in the name of the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II. Rupee AH – RY 3 (AD 1761). Mint: Kora, Silver (ø 21 mm – w. 11.28 g.). Edge: plain. KM 162 (Marathas). Brown –. M/W – (unlisted Mint).

Obverse:
Persian legend. Couplet with the Ruler's name and titles (from bottom to top: [xxx Haft] Kishwar zad di[n] Sikkah / [Sh]ah ‘Alam Badshah / Haft [ll]ah [Muha]mmad din [xxx] = Struck coin through the seven climes, the shadow of the divine favour, Shah Alam, the Emperor, the defender of the Faith of Mohammed). Date missing. Symbols: Pataka (banner), Trisula (trident) and Flower-star.

Reverse:
Persian legend. Mint name and Julus formula (from bottom to top: Ko[ra] zarb / sanat 3 julus / maimanat manus = Struck at Kora, (in the) year 3 (of his) reign associated with prosperity). Symbols: Flower-star and five-dots circlet.

The posession of the Kora district during the Shah Alam II's reign:
Awadh = AH xxxx – 1178 / AD xxxx – 1764 (coins known: AH 117x // RY 1–4)
British = AH 1178 – 1179 / AD 1764 – 1765
Mughals = AH 1179 – 1184 / AD 1765 – 1771 (coins known: AH 11xx // RY 7–12)
British = AH 1184 – 1188 / AD 1771 – 1773
Awadh = AH 1188 – 1216 / AD 1773 – 1801 (coins known: AH 1188//16 – 1189//16 – 1190//17 / 1194//20)
British = from November 10, 1801 (AH 1216)

1761 – Panipat battle, January 1761.
1764 – Buxar battle, October 1764. Awadh loses Kora.
1765 – Treaty of Allahabad, August 16, 1765. The British restore Kora to Shah Alam II.
1765 – Shah Alam II under the British protection (AD 1765-1771).
1771 – Shah Alam II leaves the protection of the British and goes over to the Marathas.
1773 – Treaty of Benaras, the Nawab of Awadh, Shuja (AD 1756-1775), receives Kora from the British.
1801 – The Nawab of Awadh, Sa’adat Ali Khan (AD 1798-1814), cedes Kora to the East India Company by the treaty of November 10, 1801.

Web References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuja-ud-Daula
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Buxar
http://www.san.beck.org/2-10-Marathas1707-1800.html

Literature:
Brown C. J. – Catalogue of Coins in the Provincial Museum Lucknow / The Mughal Emperors – Vol. I-II, Oxford, 1920 (reprinted 1985).
Krause C. and Mishler C. – Standard Catalog of World Coins 1701-1800 – Krause Publications, 3rd Edition, Usa, 2002.
Maheshwari K. K. and Wiggins K. W. – Maratha Mints and Coinage – Indian Inst. of Research in Numismatic Studies, Bombay, 1989.