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AFSHARID: Nadir Shah, as king, 1735-1747, AR rupi (11.47g), Shahjahanabad (Delhi), AH1151

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AFSHARID: Nadir Shah, as king, 1735-1747, AR rupi (11.47g), Shahjahanabad (Delhi), AH1151
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AFSHARID: Nadir Shah, as king, 1735-1747, AR rupi (11.47g), Shahjahanabad (Delhi), AH1151, A-2744.3, type D2, superb strike, one of the finest I've ever seen, lustrous About Unc, R, ex. Richard Accola collection.

Nadir Shah invaded India in AH1151 and captured the Mughal capital of Delhi, which was then formerly called Shahjahanabad. Nadir Shah held the city for a few months, then returned it to the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah in 1152 (the 22nd year of Muhammad Shah's reign), in exchange for the imperial throne, known as the Peacock Throne, plus the entire contents of the imperial treasury, all of which was hauled back to Iran. The Peacock Throne is still in Iran, at a museum in Tehran. When I was in Tehran in the 1960s, groups of Mughal rupees frequently appeared in the Tehran market, almost none of them dated later than year 22 of Muhammad Shah, thus likely the remnants of Nadir Shah's booty.