Description
Delhi Sultanate, Suris, Sher Shah Suri(c. 1538-1545CE), Silver Rupee, 11.20grms, Minted in Agrah, Standard Type, AH949, Names of three caliphs, G&G#D770, Very Fine+, Very Scarce. After defeating Humayun at Chausa (1539) and Kannauj/Bilgram (1540), Sher Shah occupied Agra, seized the Mughal treasury, and used the city as a forward base against remaining Mughal loyalists. He shifted the imperial focus away from Agra toward Delhi, reducing Agra’s political primacy while consolidating Sur control over the Indo-Gangetic plain
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