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Rupee - Nader Afshar Type D, Mashad mint
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1739-1747 |
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| Diameter | 25 mm |
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| Obverse description | Hammered silver field bearing a two-line Persian legend in bold Nasta'liq calligraphy, divided by a horizontal rule. The upper register reads 'Shah of Shahs, Nader Sahib-Qiran' and the lower register proclaims his royal sovereignty over all rulers of the world. A decorative rosette ornament occupies the central dividing zone. The border is defined by a beaded or dotted circular frame typical of Afsharid coinage, with the legends filling the field to the rim. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Nader Shah struck these rupees explicitly to fund his Indian campaign and its aftermath — the 1739 sack of Delhi having netted him enough plunder, by contemporary Persian accounts, to suspend Iranian taxation entirely for three years. The Mashad mint held particular symbolic weight for Nader, as the city housed the shrine of Imam Reza and served as the administrative anchor of Khorasan, his home territory and the base from which he consolidated power before seizing the throne in 1736.
Type D distinguishes itself within the Nader Afshar rupee series by specific calligraphic die characteristics that numismatists use to sequence production across his increasingly chaotic later reign. By 1747, the year of his assassination, mint output had grown erratic.