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A name given to the quarter Rupee of Mysore by Tipu Sultan, in 1786, when he adopted his new system of reckoning, based on the Muludi, i.e., dating from the birth of the Prophet. The coin is so called after Muhammad Bakir, the fifth Imam.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)