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Coins struck at Herat

2 catalogued coins and notes attributed to Herat, with weights, legends, dates and Wikimedia-sourced images across Timurid & Safavid, Qajar Dynasty.

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Timurid & Safavid · 1370 – 1736 CE

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Ulugh Beg Silver Tanka

Ulugh Beg

AH 850–853 / 1447–1449 CE

Ulugh Beg — astronomer-king and grandson of Timur — issued tankas continuing the high silver standard of his father Shah Rukh's shahrukhi.

Qajar Dynasty · 1789 – 1925 CE

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Naser al-Din Shah Qiran — Herat Mint

Naser al-Din Shah Qajar

c. 1856 CE

Issued during the brief Iranian occupation of Herat (1856), which triggered the Anglo-Persian War — by the Treaty of Paris (1857) Iran formally renounced all claims to Herat, ending centuries of Persian sovereignty over the city.

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