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| Issuer | Afsharid Dynasty (Nader Shah) |
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| Year | 1739 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field contains a multi-line Persian and Arabic calligraphic inscription recording the mint name and regnal invocation: 'zarb dar-ul-khilafat Shahjahanabad khallad Allah mulkahu 1151' ('Struck at the seat of the Caliphate, Shahjahanabad — may Allah perpetuate his kingdom — [AH] 1151'). The mint epithet 'dar-ul-khilafat' (seat of the Caliphate) reflects Nader Shah's use of the Mughal imperial capital's prestige following his sack of Delhi in 1739. The AH date 1151 corresponds to 1739 CE. The inscription is disposed in horizontal registers across the hammered flan in a style consistent with Afsharid provincial coinage struck at captured Mughal mints. |
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| Mint | Shahjahanabad (Delhi) Mint |
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