Very Fine, Extremely Rare.

The last episode of Rohilla supremacy at Delhi was enacted over a four-month period in 1789 (July - October) during which Ghulam Qadir the Rohilla leader briefly deposed Shah Alam II and installed Bedar Bakht a young prince on the imperial throne by the name 'Nasiruddin Muhammad Jahan Shah'. After untold persecution of the royal household for exacting money which they didn't have, he upstaged Bedar Bakht and installed Muhammad Akbar, the emperor's favourite son as his next puppet. On 2nd October a Maratha force arrived for the emperor's relief. Ghulam Qadir fled Delhi towards Saharanpur and Ghausgarh, but was captured by Mahadaji Sindhia's troops and put to death in December 1789. Coins in the name of the two puppets - Bedar Bakht and Muhammad Akbar - serve as testimony to this historical tumult. They were struck for a short time and are thus very rare. Bearing Bedar Bakht's name they are known from Shahjahanabad and Ahmedabad (Ghausgarh) mints, while with Muhammad Akbar's name they are known from Shahjahanabad, Ahmedabad (Ghausgarh), Saharanpur and Hardwar mints.