Afghanistan AH 1269 qiran KM-A406
This specimen was lot 2080 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $95. The catalog description[1] noted, "ALIKOZAY: Sa'id Muhammad Khan, 1851-1855, AR qiran, Herat, AH1269, fixed date AH127[0] on obverse, VF-XF, ex SARC Auction 15 Lot 747." This type was struck AH 1269-1270. A qiran was half a rupee. Wikipedia comments, "Alakozai (Pashto: الکوزی - meaning descendant of Alako in Pashto) is a Pashtun tribe in Afghanistan. They are one of the four wealthiest tribes of the Zirak tribal confederacy of Durrani Pashtuns." Sa'id Muhammad Khan was Dost Mohammad's brother and ruled Peshawar until its conquest by the Sikhs in 1834. We don't know his status in Herat in AH 1269; he was likely governor for his brother.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.66 g, silver, this specimen 4.54 g.
Catalog reference: A-3156, KM-A406.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Album, Stephen. Checklist of Islamic Coins. Santa Rosa, 1998. Stephen Album.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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