Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 17 - Argentum 2 Jun 2018
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World Coins, Afghanistan, Durrani / Barakzai, rupees (10), Kashmir, Zaman Shah, 1210/3, Shuja' al-Mulk, 1220/3, 1222/5; Peshawar, Zaman Shah, 1216/9, Ayyub Shah, 1245/11 (3), yr 12, Sultan Muhammad Tila'I, 1249 (2) (KM 575, 713, 733, 734, 739), very fine to extremely fine (10)
Although Muhammad Tila'I was the brother of Dost Muhammad, the Barakzai ruler at Kabul, he was appointed to his position at Peshawar by the Sikh Maharaja, Ranjit Singh, as a feudatory. His coins can, therefore, be included both in a Barakzai collection and a Sikh collection, though Herrli, in his book The Coins of the Sikhs does not include them in his listing.
(180-200 GBP)
Although Muhammad Tila'I was the brother of Dost Muhammad, the Barakzai ruler at Kabul, he was appointed to his position at Peshawar by the Sikh Maharaja, Ranjit Singh, as a feudatory. His coins can, therefore, be included both in a Barakzai collection and a Sikh collection, though Herrli, in his book The Coins of the Sikhs does not include them in his listing.
(180-200 GBP)