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1 Qiran - Naser al-Din Qajar Herat mint
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1861 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The reverse field carries a multi-line Arabic-script mint and date legend in Nasta'liq calligraphy, occupying the full coin surface within a plain inner circle. The inscription records the mint name as Dar al-Nusra Herat and the AH regnal date 1277. The legend is distributed across three lines and is enclosed by a beaded border. The composition is entirely epigraphic, consistent with standard Qajar provincial coinage practice. The relatively shallow strike on this side reflects the characteristics of the Herat branch mint. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Herat had only recently come under definitive Persian control when this piece was struck — the city fell to Qajar forces in 1856, triggering a brief war with Britain that ended with Iran formally renouncing all claims to Afghan territory under the Treaty of Paris. The Herat mint's operation under Naser al-Din Shah was therefore short-lived, squeezed between decades of Afghan control and the political realities imposed by British India's obsession with the region as a buffer against Russian expansion.
KM#826 from Herat is meaningfully scarcer than contemporaneous Tehran or Tabriz strikes of the same type.