COINS OF JANJIRA ISLAND,MAHARASHTRA

JANJIRA IS AN ISLAND IN RAIGAD DISTRICT ,MAHARASHTRA.
IT WAS RULED BY SIDDIS OR ABYSSINIAN MUSLIMS WHOSE ANCESTORS SERVED THE MUSLIM RULERS OF THE DECCAN AND WERE GIVEN LANDS WHICH EARNED THEM REVENUE UNDER THE ADIL SHAHS OF BIJAPUR.IN 1870  JANJIRA ISLANDS CAME UNDER THE DIRECT BRITISH RULE. 

JANJIRA HAS A FORT BY THE NAME OF MURUD-JANJIRA WHICH IS FAMOUS FOR BEING THE ONLY FORT ALONG INDIA'S WESTERN COAST THAT REMAINED UNDEFEATED DESPITE DUTCH,MARATHA AND ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY ATTACKS.
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RULERS-      - SIDI MUHAMMAD KHAN - AH 1242-1265/ 1826-1848 AD 

                     - SIDI IBRAHIM KHAN III- AH 1265-1297/ 1848- 1879 AD

RULER :  SIDI MUHAMMAD KHAN                                 

YEAR:  ND (1826-48 AD)

DENOMINATION : PAISA 

METAL : COPPER

WEIGHT : 6.17 GRAMS

DIAMETER : 20 MM

RULER :      SIDI IBRAHIM KHAN III                            

YEAR:  AH 1284 

DENOMINATION : PAISA 

METAL : COPPER

WEIGHT : 8.93 GRAMS 

DIAMETER : 23 MM