Item number: A1363

Year: AD 1943 (AH 1362)

Material: Silver

Size: 17.9 x 17.9 mm

Manufactured by: Farkhanda Mint, India

Provenance: Fuchin Coin 2024

This is a 4 Anna silver coin minted in AH 1362 (AD 1943) during the rule of Asaf Jah VII in the Hyderabad Princely State. The obverse of the coin prominently features the Charminar Gate, the most significant landmark of Hyderabad, built in the 16th century AD. Below the gate, the Urdu letter “ع” is inscribed, symbolising the personal name “Osman” of Asaf Jah VII.

Surrounding the gate are additional inscriptions. At the top, the Persian numeral “۹۲” (92), symbolising the Prophet Muhammad, is inscribed alongside the king’s name, “اساف جاہ” (Asaf Jah). On the left, the honorific title “بہادر” (Bahadur), meaning “His Excellency,” is inscribed, while the right bears the ruler’s title “نظام” (Nizam). Below, the Hijri year “۱۳۶۲” (1362) is indicated in Persian numerals.

At the centre of the reverse side of the coin, the Persian numeral “۴” (4) is inscribed, representing the denomination. Surrounding this central feature is a border adorned with bergamot motifs, heavily influenced by Persian–Mughal court culture. Within this decorative pattern, an Urdu inscription reads: “In the 33rd year of Nizam’s rule, struck at Farkhanda, Hyderabad.”

During the period of British rule in the Indian subcontinent, alongside the territories directly administered by the British, there were numerous princely states that emerged from the fragmentation of the Mughal Empire. Hyderabad in central and southern India was one of the most powerful princely states. Its ruler was originally the Mughal Empire’s governor in the Deccan region. After declaring independence in AD 1724, the coins minted by Hyderabad no longer bore the title of the Mughal emperor but instead featured the ruler’s own Nizam title.

In AD 1869, at the age of only three, Asaf Jah VI ascended to the position of the sixth Nizam. He received a British-style education and actively promoted modern infrastructure such as railways in the princely state until his death in AD 1911. In AD 1947, faced with the impending political changes as Britain prepared to leave the Indian subcontinent, the Hyderabad State had the options of joining India, joining Pakistan, or maintaining its independence. It chose to remain independent. Consequently, in AD 1948, shortly after its independence, India launched Operation Polo, an invasion that led to the annexation and dissolution of the Hyderabad State.

物件編號: A1363

年代: 公元 1943 (回曆 1362) 年

材質: 銀

尺寸: 17.9 x 17.9 mm

製造地: 法爾坎達造幣廠，印度

來源: 福君錢幣 2024

這是一枚於回曆1362年 (公元1943年)，由阿薩夫·賈赫七世統治的海德拉堡土邦鑄造之面額 4安納銀幣。硬幣的正面中央是海德拉堡最重要的地標，建立於公元16世紀的查米納塔門，城門下方鐫刻烏爾都字母「ع」符號，該符號是阿薩夫·賈赫七世的本名「奧斯曼」戳記。

城門的周圍亦有銘文，上方是象徵穆罕默德的波斯數字「۹۲」(92) 和國王的名字「اساف جاہ」(阿薩夫·賈赫)；左側是「閣下」尊稱的「بہادر」(巴哈杜爾)；右側是統治者頭銜的「نظام」(尼札姆)；下方則是波斯數字表示的回曆年份「۱۳۶۲」(1362)。

硬幣背面的圓圈正中央，鐫刻著波斯數字「۴」(4) 表示面額。周圍深受波斯–蒙兀兒宮廷文化影響的佛手柑紋飾內，以烏爾都語寫上鑄造日期和地點「在尼札姆統治的第三十三年，於海德拉堡的法爾坎達製造」。

英國統治印度次大陸時期，今日的印度境內有英國直接管轄領地外，各地亦有許多從蒙兀兒帝國分裂自立的土邦。印度中南部的海德拉堡即是最強大的土邦之一，其統治者原為蒙兀兒帝國在德干地區的總督。公元1724年宣布自立後，其鑄造的錢幣不再保留蒙兀兒皇帝的頭銜，改以鐫刻自身的尼札姆頭銜替代。

公元1869年，時年僅三歲的阿薩夫·賈赫六世成為第六任尼札姆，自幼接受英式教育的他在土邦積極推動鐵路等現代建設，直到公元1911年去世為止。公元1947年，面對英國即將退出印度次大陸的政治變局，海德拉堡土邦在加入印度、加入巴基斯坦和維持獨立的選項中，決定維持獨立地位的選擇。因此公元1948年，獨立不久的印度發動代號「波羅行動」入侵行動，宣告海德拉堡土邦的滅亡。