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1 Qiran - Muhammad Ya'qub Herat
| Issuer | Herat |
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| Year | 1879-1881 |
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| Value | 1/2 Rupee |
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| Edge | Plain. |
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| Mintage | 1296 (1879) - - ND (1879-1880) - - 1297 (1880) - - 1298 (1881) - - |
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Herat functioned as a semi-autonomous Afghan emirate under Muhammad Ya'qub Khan during one of the most turbulent moments in the region's modern history. Ya'qub had signed the Treaty of Gandamak in May 1879, surrendering the Khyber Pass and foreign relations to the British — a concession so deeply resented that it contributed directly to the massacre of the British mission at Kabul that September. He abdicated under British pressure in October 1879, making this qiran's window of issue exceptionally narrow.