{"title":"Islamic Coins","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthentic Islamic coins from across the Muslim world including the Mughal, Qajar, Ottoman, Abbasid, Umayyad, and other dynasties. Catalogued for collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"cstc-a30c","title":"MUGHAL EMPIRE. Shah Jahan, 1628–1658. Silver Rupee. Qandahar, AH1051 Year 15 (1641). KM-235.22.","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis silver rupee was struck at the Qandahar Mint in AH1051, regnal year 15 (1641 AD), during the reign of Shah Jahan — the fifth Mughal emperor, builder of the Taj Mahal, and one of the most consequential rulers in the history of the subcontinent. Qandahar, located in what is now southern Afghanistan, was among the most strategically important cities in the Mughal imperial system — a gateway between the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia, a control point on the key trade routes linking Kabul to the Middle East, and a city whose possession was contested between the Mughal Empire and the Safavid Empire across more than a century of intermittent warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe AH1051 date places this coin squarely in the period of Mughal control of Qandahar that Shah Jahan secured in 1638. Taking advantage of instability following the death of Shah Abbas I of Persia in 1629, Shah Jahan persuaded Ali Mardan Khan — the Persian governor of Qandahar — to defect to the Mughal side, delivering the city without a siege in 1638. The Mughal mint at Qandahar then struck coins in the emperor's name, of which this rupee is a surviving example. The Numista type range for KM-235.22 spans AH1042–1058 (1628–1648), confirming this coin falls within the documented production period for this mint under Shah Jahan. Virasat Auctions describes this type as \"very scarce,\" reflecting the limited production window and the historically turbulent nature of Qandahar's political status during this period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Mughal hold on Qandahar proved short-lived. In 1649, Shah Abbas II of the Safavid Empire besieged and reconquered the city. Shah Jahan launched three major military campaigns to retake it — in 1649, 1652, and 1653 — all of which failed at enormous cost in men and treasure. Qandahar would never return to Mughal control, and the loss of the city marked one of the signal strategic failures of Shah Jahan's otherwise celebrated reign. A coin struck at the Qandahar Mint in AH1051 therefore represents Mughal authority over this city during the narrow window of their successful occupation — before the final Safavid reconquest that would close the Mughal chapter in Qandahar's history permanently.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStruck in silver to a standard weight of 11.1 grams at approximately 21mm diameter, this rupee carries the standard Mughal inscriptions of the Shah Jahan period in Persian nastaliq calligraphy across both faces, with the Qandahar Mint name and the AH1051\/year 15 dating. For the specialist in Mughal coinage, Afghan numismatic history, or the broader history of the Mughal-Safavid rivalry over the Afghan plateau, this is an exceptional and historically resonant piece.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chicken Street Trading Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45676564643897,"sku":"CSTC-A30C","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/1568\/2873\/files\/148910C6-DDAC-4C88-9739-4258DF76D9F5.jpg?v=1775513053"}],"url":"https:\/\/chickenstreettrading.com\/collections\/islamic-coins.oembed","provider":"Chicken Street Trading Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}