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1/2 Rupee / Qiran - Habibullah Kalakani
| Issuer | Afghanistan |
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| Year | 1930 |
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| Currency | Afghan Rupee (1891-1925) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Habibullah Kalakani held Kabul for less than nine months in 1929, having seized power from Amanullah Khan in January of that year. A Tajik brigand leader known as "Bacha-e Saqao" — son of a water-carrier — he was the first non-Pashtun ruler of Afghanistan in over two centuries. His coinage is sparse and hastily produced, a direct reflection of his chaotic tenure. He was captured and executed by Nadir Khan in October 1929.
A 1930 date on his issue is an anomaly worth noting — almost certainly a die or calendar conversion artifact, as Kalakani was dead before that year began.