Bukhara AH 1228 pul
Wikipedia comments, "The Emirate of Bukhara (Persian: امارت بخارا; Uzbek: Buxoro amirligi) was a Central Asian polity that existed from 1785 to 1920 in what is now modern-day Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. It occupied the land between the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, known formerly as Transoxiana. Its core territory was the land along the lower Zarafshan River, and its urban centres were the ancient cities of Samarkand and the emirate's capital, Bukhara. It was contemporaneous with the Khanate of Khiva to the west, in Khwarezm, and the Khanate of Kokand to the east, in Fergana." This specimen was lot 2056 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $95. The catalog description[1] noted, "MANGHIT OF BUKHARA: Haidar, 1800-1826, AE pul, Bukhara, AH1228, citing the ruler by name, as mir haydar amir al-mu'minin, nice strike, lightly porous, VF, RR." This coin is listed as a falus in the SCWC and was struck AH 1221, 1228-1229, 1241-1242, along with tengas (silver) and tillas (gold).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 8.25 g.
Catalog reference: KM 31, A-3032.
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- Album, Stephen. Checklist of Islamic Coins. Santa Rosa, 1998. Stephen Album.
- Mitchiner, Michael. Oriental Coins and their Values - The World of Islam. London, 2000. Hawkins Publications.
- [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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