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Rupee - Nader Afshar Type D, Tabrīz mint
| Issuer | Afsharid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1740-1747 |
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| Currency | Shahi (1501-1798) |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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| Mintage | 1152 (1740) - - 1153 (1741) - - 1154 (1741) - - 1155 (1742) - - 1156 (1743) - - 1157 (1744) - - 1158 (1745) - - 1159 (1746) - - 1160 (1747) - - |
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Nader Shah's Type D rupee represents a late phase of his aggressive monetary reorganization, introduced after his 1739 sack of Delhi — a campaign that netted somewhere between 500 and 800 million rupees worth of Mughal treasure and directly informed his decision to exempt Iranian subjects from taxation for three years. The rupee denomination itself was a calculated imperial statement, mirroring Mughal coinage to smooth commerce across his expanded domains.
Tabrīz, as a major northwestern commercial hub on trade routes into Ottoman territory, was a logical striking location for this type. The mint was intermittently active under Nader, and output varied sharply with his military campaigns.