Bijapur
coins and Larins during Adil Shahi Period -
The Golden coins telles the golden period of
the Bijapur Dynesty.
To know if coins were invented first in India
or in Lydia (in modern Turkey) will remain a
long-standing question for the experts. Anyway,
it seems that coins appeared nearly simultaneously
in these two regions far away from each other.
The first coins struck in India were also very
different from those used in Asia Minor. In
India, the coins were cut out of a sheet of
silver and clipped to adjust them into proper
weight. The piece of silver so prepared were
then impressed on one side by punches bearing
devices, with usually one to five punch stamps.
In course of time, the other side was also use
to affix some marks, maybe by bankers or money-changers
to attest the good value of the coins.
Bijapur asserted its independence from the Bahamani
rulers of Gulbarga in 1490 and remained an independent
sultanate until 1686 when it was annexed to
the Mughal Empire by Aurangzeb the Mugal King.ht
Bijapur
asserted its independence from the Bahamani
rulers of Gulbarga in 1490 and remained an independent
sultanate until 1686 when it was annexed to
the Mughal Empire by Aurangzeb the Mugal King.
The silver, and gold coins larens gives the
testimony still today of magnificiant and propserity
in South India during the regime of the Adil
Shahi Kings.
The coins are manually casted and got rough
design and inscriptions. But these coins gives
a glimpse of the Adil Shahi kings time period
and tells a lot about the happiness and garnduer
of the medival era.
Selection
of scarce silver larins - these unusual coins
were struck in India and Arabian Gulf n the
11th-16th century AD and circulated widely in
the area of the Iran, Persian Gulf, Pakistan
and Northern India. The coin were made but cutting
a thick silver wire into pieces of fairly equal
weight and stamped on both sides with a die,
bearing arabic inscriptions.
In the Arabian Gulf, for example, a silver ingot
called the Larin was introduced in the early
centuries. Crafted in the form of a fish-hook,
with various specimens ranging in length from
about one inch to an inch and a half, Larins,
which took their name from the town of Lar in
southern Persia, were originally circulated
in the Arabian Gulf region. Eventually they
spread to the eastern seaboard of India and
to the Maldive Islands and became one of the
chief trading currencies in the Indian Ocean
region. Larins have inscriptions in both Persian
and Arabic, and to meet the requirements of
change, were often cut into pieces; sometimes
one Larin was divided into 12 separate sections.
KNOW MORE ABOUT SILVER LARENS
Coinage
of Bijapur Adil Shahs
The Gold Coins during Adil
Shah Era
For
more to know about this wonder coin laren
References
Different Sources
Coinage
during Adil Shahi Era 1489 till 1686
