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The coin above is
correctly described as a falūs, mint: Peshāwar, but that is all
that can be said about it, on first sight. No issuing authority is visible on
the flan of the coin. On account of style, however, it must be a Mughal
issue, rather than a Durrānī coin.
Nādir
Shāh invaded India in 1738 (Kābul was taken on 19 June 1738 and Lāhore 12 January 1739 = Muḥammad
Shāh AH1151/Ry.20-21). Nādir Shāh entered the city of Delhi on
9 March 1739 and
was proclaimed sovereign. On his departure from Delhi (1 May 1739 =
AH1152/Ry.21) Muḥammad Shāh was reinstalled by Nādir
Shāh, on which occasion the provinces west of the River Indus were ceded
to Nādir Shāh. From that date these provinces (which includes
Peshāwar) were permanently lost to the Mughal Empire. Despite that the
rulers name is missing on this coin, it must therefore be an issue of Muḥammad
Shāh. For the same reason the listing in the KM catalogue (KM#440.2) is
obviously wrong and must be a coin of Muḥammad Shāh (Comment
posted on Zeno database by Jan Lingen 2006).
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