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1 Rupee - Taimur Shah Peshawar Mint
| Issuer | Durrani Empire |
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| Year | 1773-1789 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#703 |
| Obverse description | Two-line Persian couplet legend arranged in horizontal bands across the field, separated by raised linear borders, proclaiming the sovereign authority of Taimur Shah to strike coinage of gold and silver. The inscription is rendered in a bold Naskh-style script with characteristic floral ornaments and rosette devices filling the interstitial spaces. The overall style follows the Mughal-derived hammered rupee tradition, with the legend occupying the entire flan. The coin exhibits the typical irregular, slightly dished flan characteristic of hand-struck Afghan rupees of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | حکم شد از قادر بیچون بتیمور شاه سکه بر زر و سیم چون مهر و ماه |
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Taimur Shah inherited a fractured empire from his father Ahmad Shah Durrani and spent much of his reign attempting to hold Afghanistan together against internal revolts and Sikh encroachment in the Punjab. The Peshawar mint was strategically critical — not merely convenient — as Peshawar served as the Durrani winter capital, making its coinage output a direct expression of royal authority in the most contested frontier of the empire.
The sixteen-year span of this issue reflects continuous but troubled administration rather than stability. By the late 1780s, Sikh raiding parties under Ranjit Singh's predecessors were already disrupting the eastern trade routes that gave Peshawar mint its silver supply.