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SIND: British Occupation, AR rupee (9.71g), Bhakhar, Fine

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SIND: British Occupation, AR rupee (9.71g), Bhakhar, Fine
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SIND: British Occupation, AR rupee (9.71g), Bhakhar, Cr-11, in the name of Mahmud Shah Durrani, with hare on obverse, British lion on reverse, Fine. The date on the coin is likely frozen as AH1259 corresponds to 1843, the The Battle of Miani (Battle of Meeanee). It was a battle between forces of the Bombay Army of the East India Company, under the command of Charles Napier and the Baluch army of Talpur Amirs of Sindh, led by Mir Nasir Khan Talpur. The battle took place on 17 February 1843 at Miani in Sindh. This battle and the subsequent Battle of Hyderabad (24 March 1843) eventually led to the capture of parts of Sindh region, the first territorial possession by the East India Company in what is the modern-day state of Pakistan.