1920.] Numismatic Supplement No. XXXIV. 167 
Jalandhar, Hardwar, Hisar Firtizah, Kalpi, Gwaliar, Gorak’hpir, 
Kalanwar, Lak’ hnau, Mandi, Nagor, Sarhind, Siyalkot, Saronj, 
Saharanpar, Sarangpar, Sambal, Qanauj, Rantanbhir 
It will be seen that Blochmann has punctuated this passage. 
It is common knowledge that there are no stops in Oriental 
writing. ‘The real sense of the author is consequently ater to 
be altered, and an erroneous impression conveyed of its signifi- 
cance by careless or incorrect pointing in the eadisdation: 
It is at ‘ empire’ that there is the first real pause in the 
sense,and a new sentence begins at ‘ Now,’ which is continued, 
in fact, to the end. 
Then, i ae the phrase used for the first of the four 
gold-mints is rendered ‘ Seat of the government,’ and has been 
naturally understood to denote either Agra or Fathptr (Thomas, 
Chronicles, 427: Lane Poole, B.M.C. Introd., p. liii; Oliver, 
J.A.S.B., 1886, p. 4). Thisis misleading. The original words are 
Jls) <0 lit. ‘Camping-ground of Good Fortune.’ It seems to 
~ me that Abii Faz] is using an expression having exactly the same 
significance as gy 3 ab css)! Urdu is a word of Turkish origin, 
Mu‘askar of Arabic. one! army,’ is generally believed to be an 
arabicised form of the Persian ,&*J , (Hobson-Jobson, ed. Crooke, 
pp- 507-8), and Ss. means ‘Place of encampment, camp 
(Steingass, Persian-English Dictionary, s.v.). Persian writers are 
notoriously fond of employing aa eit expressions and of 
changes on identical ideas in different verbal forms. 
Several other locutions having the same 5 Tenn, e.g. 
rt > cor wheal Geyot , SIrbsRE corrot , errile® coro)! 
* wiko 8b 53)! ; ute! cs9%)! ’ ghac os)! , xy» was 
. PO od 
yy Somme, esha? Sone , Bly AB Sac , Sls} pxr< 
5 pthe® Same, VEAT 26 Sane : ip Rb Smarw » ¥ly ySano 
# Upp? AB oS ge , JLT Sys 
are found in Sharfuddm * Ali Yazdi, Mirkhwand, Khwandamir, 
ada, din Ahmad, Abal Fazl, Mu ‘atamad Khan, 
a 
Blouliinete to give sufficient reasons for hiscontention. Insuch 
cases, an author is generally 
