Jahangir, AV Sawai Mohur, Agra, AH 1019/5, Di, 'Farokht' couplet
Month Di, Persian couplet. Jahangir issued a series of coinage where a unique rhyming couplet was inscribed on the coin for every Ilahi month. This coin is the ‘Di’ coin from that series. The coin alternated between a square and round issue each month. The couplet reads:’Ba-Agrah Sikka bar Zar farokht dar Di Mah / Za noor-i-nam-i- Jahangir Shah Akbar Shah’. Translation: In Agra, the stamp on gold was kindled in Di Month (alternatively, ‘made acceptable in Di Month’), by the light of the name of King Jahangir (son of) King Akbar.
