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1 Ashrafi - Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar Lucknow mint
| Issuer | Awadh |
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| Year | 1820-1827 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Mintage | 1235 (1820) 1 - - 1236 (1821) 1 - - 1236 (1821) 2 - - 1238 (1823) 4 - - 1239 (1824) 5 - - 1240 (1825) 6 - - 1241 (1826) 7 - - 1242 (1827) 8 - - |
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Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar made a calculated break from Mughal ceremonial fiction in 1819 when the British Resident formally recognized him as King of Awadh — ending the polite pretense that the Nawabs governed as deputies of a Mughal emperor who had long since lost all real authority. The ashrafi coinage that followed was a direct expression of that new status, struck at Lucknow under a sovereign title rather than a delegated one.
KM#170.2 is distinguished from the closely related .1 variety by its mint mark placement — a detail that matters considerably to specialists working this series.