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1 Tilla - Wali Sher Ali Qandahar
| Issuer | Qandahar |
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| Year | 1880 |
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| Weight | 4.62 g |
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| Obverse lettering | خالق عالم / سکه زد شیر علی / والی قندهار |
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| Reverse lettering | ضرب قندهار / سنه ١٢٩٧ |
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Qandahar's brief existence as a semi-independent emirate under Sher Ali's son Wali Mohammad Ayub Khan produced only a handful of gold issues before British forces dismantled the principality following the Second Anglo-Afghan War. This tilla belongs to that compressed window between the British withdrawal after the Battle of Maiwand in July 1880 — where Ayub Khan's forces routed a British brigade — and the subsequent occupation of Qandahar by General Roberts in September of the same year. The city's mint operated for mere months under this authority.