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Moghul Empire – Shāh Jahān – Qandahār Mint, Silver – Type 1

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Actual Weight (g)
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
	2619.	228.3	Rupee	1048	11
	2619c.		”	1048	12

Photo from Bhandare. Qandahar (Deccan) - rupee of Shahjahan, RY5. Issues of Qandahar in Afghanistan do not occur in this type. This must have been the first type of coins struck at Qandhar in the Deccan by the Mughals, as judged from its type characteristics and their similarity with other issues from the same region such as Fatehabad Daroor. Month Aban

Photo from Bhandare. Qandahar (Deccan) - rupee of Shahjahan, RY8, mint-name in left margin.
The fortress of Qandhar in Deccan was captured by the Mughals in 1631. Qandahar in Afghanistan was still under Iranian control at this time. So a rupee dated RY8 must have been struck at Qandhar (Deccan).

Photo from Bhandare. Qandahar (Deccan) - rupee of Shahjahan, AH1042, mint-name in left margin.

Moghul Empire – Shāh Jahān – Qandahār Mint, Silver – Type 2

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Actual Weight (g)
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
	2620.	235.22	Rupee	1042	5
	2620c.		”	1044	5
	2620e.		”	1044	8
	2621.		”	1048	12
	√ 2622.		”	1049	12	Ste
	√ 2622c.		”	1049	13	Ste
	√ 2623.		”	1050	14	Ste
	√ 2624.		”	1051	14	te
	2625.		”	1052
	2626.		”	1053
	2627.		”	1054
	2628.		”	1055
	√ 2629.		”	1056	20	Ste
	2630.		”	1057
	2631.		”	1058	21

Photo from Bhandare. Qandahar - 1/2 Fulus of Shahjahan, AH1051/RY15.
Qandahar was lost to the Iranians in 1625 but regained by Mughals in 1637, RY11 when Ali Mardan Khan, the Iranian governor of Qandahar, learnt that Shah Safi, the Safavid ruler was plotting to kill him - so he sent a message to Qilich Khan, the Mughal governor of Multan that he was willing to defect and surrender Qandahar to the Mughals. Shahjahan gladly dispatched Qilich Khan to Qandahar to take charge of the fort. He then remained governor of Qandahar for several years.