The Purchase of Panabad Coins from Holy Mashhad
¶ [1156c]1 During the days of His Majesty’s stay in Herat he wrote to ʿAbd Allah Khan, this government’s agent in Mashhad, and sent him a money order (‘paper note’) by post for 2,000 English rupees and ordered him to quickly buy and send from Mashhad the half-qirani coin called “panābād” which was curre…