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Rupee - Nader Afshar Type D2, Shahjahanabad mint
| Issuer | Afsharid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1739-1740 |
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| Value | 1 Rupee (10) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a multi-line Persian legend in Nasta'liq script filling the field, reading 'Khallad Allah Mulkahu / Zarb Dar al-Khilafa Shah Jahan Abad / 1152,' identifying the Shahjahanabad mint as the place of striking and recording the AH year 1152 (1739-1740 CE). The mint epithet 'Dar al-Khilafa' reflects the prestige title accorded to Delhi. A dotted border frames the inscription, consistent with Afsharid rupee coinage struck at this captured Mughal mint. |
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| Mint | شاه جهان اباد Delhi, India |
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Nader Shah's 1739 sack of Delhi was among the most financially catastrophic events in Mughal history — he extracted an estimated 700 million rupees worth of treasure, including the Peacock Throne, and stripped the imperial treasury so thoroughly that the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah waived all taxation across his remaining territories for three years afterward. This rupee was struck at Shahjahanabad, the Mughal imperial capital itself, during Nader's brief occupation, a direct assertion of Afsharid sovereignty over the conquered city's own mint infrastructure.
The D2 type classification distinguishes this issue within a series that spans Nader's evolving coinage reforms following the Indian campaign.