Rupee - Shahrukh Afshar

Herat in 1741 occupied an uncomfortable position between collapsing Safavid authority and the rising power of Nader Shah's Afsharid empire. Shahrukh — grandson of Nader Shah — would later become the long-suffering ruler of Khorasan, blinded twice by rivals competing for what remained of Afsharid control. Whether this rupee predates his blinding or was struck during one of his intermittent periods of restored authority is a question the mint date alone cannot resolve.

Herat's mint was active across multiple dynasties precisely because the city functioned as the commercial hinge between Persia and Central Asia. Rupee-weight silver coinage here reflects trade networks rather than imperial convenience.