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Mohur Ashrafi - Shahrukh Afshar Type D, Mashhad mint
| Issuer | Shahrukh Afshar |
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| Year | 1750 |
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| Thickness | 3 mm |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Circular central cartouche containing the mint formula in Arabic script in bold, densely struck Nasta'liq calligraphy, reading the mint name Mashhad Muqaddas (the Holy Mashhad). The cartouche is set within a plain field, with additional faint script visible in the outer margin. The overall design is characteristic of Afsharid hammered gold coinage from the Mashhad mint, with the die slightly off-center on the irregular flan. |
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Shahrukh, the blind grandson of Nadir Shah, ruled Khurasan in a state of near-constant deposition and restoration — he was dethroned, mutilated, and reinstalled multiple times between 1750 and his final removal by the Qajar Agha Mohammad Khan in 1796. The Mashhad mint remained under his nominal authority during lucid periods of control, making attribution of specific issues to particular political moments genuinely difficult. Type D classification within this series distinguishes die characteristics refined by later scholarship rather than any feature announced at striking.