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# 29Rupee AH 1234 RY 10 Mahmud Shah, 2nd reignAfghanistan - Durrani
Afghanistan – Durrani Dynasty – Mahmud Shah (2nd reign, AH 1224-1234 / AD 1809-1818). Issues of the local Sadozai Nawab (Hafiz Ahmad Khan, AD 1815-1825) in the name of Mahmud Shah Durrani. Rupee AH 1234 RY 10. Mint: Derajat (Dera Ismail Khan), Silver (ø 21 mm – w. 10.90 g.). Edge: plain. KM 373. Album 3131.1. Herrli 07.01.04 (Sikh protectorate, from AH 1236 to AH 1252). Plant (p. 99). Whitehead type 1119.

Obverse:
Persian legend. Couplet with the Ruler's name and titles (from bottom to top: Sikkah bar zar zad / Khusru Gity satan Mahmud / Shah be-taufiq Ilah = Struck coin on gold by the grace of God, the Conqueror, the world-grasper, Mahmud Shah). The date (1234) is in centre.

Reverse:
Persian legend. Mint name and regnal year (From bottom to top: Zarb / Derajat / sanat 10 = Struck at Derajat (in the) year 10). Decorative border of rays and pellets within two linear circles.

Note:
With the exception of Herat, where he rules till his death in 1829 AD, Mahmud Shah lost most of his territories to the Barakzais in 1818, but the local dynasty of Sadozai governors, which Zaman Shah had installed at Dera Ismail Khan in 1793 AD, continued to rule and strike coins in his name. When Ranjit Singh's general Misar Diwan Chand occupied Dera Ismail Khan in AD 1821 (AH 1236) the Maharaja allowed Sher Muhammad, its hereditary Sadozai Nawab, to continue his rule under the new Sikh suzerainity (extracted from – The Coins of the Sikhs – by Hans Herrli, pp. 156-157).

Provenance:
Ex William F. Spengler Collection.

Web References:
http://www.apnadikhan.com/dhistory.html

Literature:
Hans Herrli – The Coins of the Sikhs – Indian Coin Society, Nagpur, India, 1993.
Krause C. and Mishler C. – Standard Catalog of World Coins 1801-1900 – Krause Publications, 4th Edition, Usa, 2004.
Plant R. J. – Arab Coins and how to read them – Spink and Son Ltd., London, 1973, 1980 (revised), reprinted 2000.
Whitehead R. B. – Catalogue of Coins in the Lahore Museum, Lahore / The Durrani Dynasty – Vol. III, Oxford, 1934 (1977).