Place · Mughal & colonial mint · Pakistan
Lahore mint
Also known as Lahore sikka
Lahore was one of the three principal Mughal silver-rupee mints (with Agra and Burhanpur) from Akbar's reign until the end of the empire. Jahāngīr's zodiac rupees were also struck at Lahore. After Nādir Shāh's 1739 invasion the mint was briefly closed, then restored under Ahmad Shāh Abdalī and his Durrānī successors; the Sikh empire of Ranjit Singh re-opened it from 1799, striking the Nanak Shāhī rupee that carried the Guru Nanak legend. The East India Company continued to operate the Lahore mint after annexation (1849). The historic mint building stood in the Fort precinct.
- Periods
- Regional Flourishing, Islamic Age and Bhakti Traditions, Early Modern Age, British Colonial Age
- Function
- Trade & production
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 31.582, 74.316
Connections (2)
- Peer institutionAgra Fort
Agra, Lahore and Burhānpūr were the three principal Mughal silver-rupee mints under Akbar.
- Minted hereJahāngīr's zodiac rupees
Jahāngīr's zodiac rupees were struck at Lahore as well as Agra.
On these journeys
Sources
Standard reference.
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