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Rial - Nader Afshar Type C, Qandahār mint
| Issuer | Afsharid Empire (Nader Shah) |
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| Year | 1738-1739 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#377.5, A#2743 |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Nader Shah captured Qandahār in 1738 on his way to the catastrophic sack of Delhi — the campaign that looted the Peacock Throne and the Koh-i-Noor diamond from the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah. Coins struck at Qandahār during this window reflect the mint's brief absorption into the Afsharid monetary system before Nader's attention turned east. The city had changed hands repeatedly between Safavid and Mughal claimants for over a century; Nader's seizure settled the dispute by making it irrelevant.
The Type C designation within this series marks a specific die arrangement distinguishing it from earlier Qandahār output under the same reign.