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1 Rupee - Qaisar Shah Second Reign, Kashmir
| Issuer | Durrani Empire (Kashmir Province) |
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| Year | 1807-1808 |
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| Currency | Local Rupees (1747-1891) |
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| Obverse lettering | شجاع الملک شاه درانی |
| Reverse description | Hammered silver flan with a two-line Arabic legend occupying the central field, reading 'Zarb Kashmir / Sana [AH date]', identifying the Kashmir mint and the regnal year of issue. The inscription is executed in flowing Naskh calligraphy, embellished with characteristic pellet ornaments scattered throughout the field. A continuous border of raised pellets or beads encircles the design near the rim, a decorative feature commonly found on Kashmir Durrani rupees of this period. The flan is irregular in shape, consistent with hand-hammered production techniques. The overall style is consistent with late Durrani provincial coinage struck at the Kashmir mint. |
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Qaisar Shah's second reign in Kashmir was less a restoration than an afterthought — reinstated by Afghan governors after his first deposition, he held nominal authority while Durrani control over the valley was already fragmenting under pressure from the expanding Sikh Confederacy. Within a few years of this issue, Ranjit Singh's forces would seize Kashmir permanently, ending Durrani coinage in the province entirely. This rupee is among the final issues struck under Afghan suzerainty there.