Tilla - Nasr-Allah bin Haydar Tora

Nasr-Allah Khan ruled Bukhara with a ruthlessness that became notorious even by the standards of Central Asian khanates. He executed two British officers — Colonel Charles Stoddart and Captain Arthur Conolly — in the public square before the Ark fortress in 1842, an act that briefly made Bukhara infamous across Europe and complicated Russian diplomatic calculations in the region for years afterward. His tillas were struck across a long reign that saw him consolidate power over Kokand and Khiva at various points, using revenue from the Silk Road trade routes that still passed through his territory.

The emission spans over three decades, making precise dating within the series difficult without die study.