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SHAYBANID: Anonymous, fl. 1599-1600, AV 1/12 Indian mohur (0.92g), [Badakhshan], AH(10)08, EF

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SHAYBANID: Anonymous, fl. 1599-1600, AV 1/12 Indian mohur (0.92g), [Badakhshan], AH(10)08, EF
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SHAYBANID: Anonymous, fl. 1599-1600, AV 1/12 Indian mohur (0.92g), [Badakhshan], AH(10)08, A-3007H, struck by unknown governor or ruler at Badakhshan in the name of the long-deceased Mughal Humayun, without the kunya abu'l-muzaffar; the full date 1008 proves that this cannot be an ordinary issue from the Mughal Humayun, who died in AH962, about 25% flat, EF, RR. The 1/12 mohur, formerly classified as ¼ mithqal, was almost certainly struck solely at Badakhshan, though the mint name almost never appears on the coin. The full and half mithqals were struck only at Mashhad & Herat. This denomination is consistently too heavy to be viewed as a ¼ ashrafi (about 0.86g), too light be be ¼ mithqal (1.16g). On the other hand, one twelfth of a full weight mohur of contemporary Mughal Akbar, about 11.02g, would be about 0.918g, perfect for this denomination, and almost identical to 1/5 of a mithqal (0.93g). Earlier coins of this denomination were struck by the Mughal emperors Humayun and Akbar from the 950s until 987, albeit with variable weight.