Later Mughals v1.c10.s8.8
Later Mughals v1.c10.s8.8
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v1.c10.s8.8
But on the second day of the reign Qutb-ul-mulk called on Fath Khan Fazil, to provide a couplet which should allow of a different word for gold coins (ashrafi) and silver coins (Rupees), as was the case with Alamgir's coinage. The poet on the spur of the moment produced the following lines :