Brijis Qadr, Silver Rupee, 11.14g, Suba Awadh Mint, in the name of Shah Alam II, fixed years AH 1229/ RY 26, Fish as a Mint mark on reverse (KM# 386, M&D 12.07-12.09). Extremely fine, very rare.
Brijis Qadr Alias Ramzan Ali, the young son of the deposed king Wajid Ali Shah, was installed on the throne of Awadh by the revolutionaries during the uprising of 1857. During his reign, Mohurs, Rupees and Paisas were struck with the mint name ‘Subah Awadh’ at Lucknow. They were retro dated to AH1226, when Awadh declared its independence into a ‘kingdom’ from being a province of the erstwhile Mughal Empire.