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1 Mohur - Mahmud Shah Herat
| Issuer | Afghanistan |
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| Year | 1801-1803 |
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| Value | 1 Mohur (16) |
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| Obverse description | Hammered gold flan bearing a bold Persian-script legend arranged in multiple registers across the field, enclosed within a curved band or cartouche that divides the coin horizontally. The upper register contains additional calligraphic inscription above the central band, while the lower register carries further legend below. Decorative pellet ornaments are scattered throughout the field and between the register lines, characteristic of the Durrani coinage style. The inscription records the name and titles of Shah Mahmud and the mint of Herat in Nasta'liq calligraphy. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Mahmud Shah's first reign in Herat lasted only until 1803, when his brother Shuja al-Mulk seized power and forced him out. The Mohur issues of this brief window are products of the Herat mint operating under Durrani dynastic authority at a moment of acute fraternal civil war within the Sadozai line. Mahmud would eventually retake Kabul in 1809 — but these coins belong specifically to the earlier Herat phase, struck before that second rise.
KM#399 is rarely encountered outside of specialist collections of Durrani-period gold.