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Ashrafi - Nader Afshar Type C, Tiflis mint
| Issuer | Afsharid Dynasty of Iran |
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| Year | 1739 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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| Mintage | 1152 (1739) - Tiflis |
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Struck at Tiflis — present-day Tbilisi — in the immediate aftermath of Nader Shah's catastrophic sack of Delhi in 1739, which brought an almost incomprehensible quantity of Mughal treasure back into Iranian hands. The Tiflis mint was operating under direct Afsharid control following Nader's consolidation of the Caucasus, a region that changed hands repeatedly between Safavid, Ottoman, and now Afsharid authority within a single generation.
The Type C classification distinguishes this issue by its specific kalima arrangement, a detail that matters for dating within what was a remarkably short and turbulent dynasty — Nader Shah would be assassinated in 1747.