1920. ] Numismatic Supplement No. XXXIV. 233 
p= Sis 96 Use gio eullS cbt oesve tay) oop) oy 90 OH 
# Sly oe) ushy yout alt deat OS 28 
Journal Asiatique, 1890, Be 206, 221 and 230. See also 
Beames, J.R.A.S., 1898, is 
Here then we have something tangible which proves that 
ey »e is a form having fairly good traditional support. Mir 
M‘asiim who composed and wrote out the inscription was not 
only a man of culture and learning, but was personally ac- 
quainted with Gujarat. He was himself one of the most 
famous calligraphers of his time, and had in his service a 
number of skilful engravers capable of transferring his elegant 
penmanship to stone. Such a man was hardly likely to write 
)y0 on a monumental record with which he had taken such 
pains and which took, as he himself tells us, no less than four 
years to complete, if the spelling was held in his day to be 
inadmissible by those who were competent to form a judgment 
in such matter 
here is aia point connected with this coin about 
which a few remarks may be permissible. This is the name of 
the [lahi month on the reverse. Mr. Whitehead has pro- 
nounced the opinion that it also is “‘ incorrectly spelt,’ and 
that it is ‘“‘ probably etree for Aban.” (Panjab Museum 
Catalogue, Introd. lxx 
I submit that the naageestion will hardly bear en neal 
' When Mirza, Muhammad Taqi made his copy in 1889, the first 
visible. ae te a Jihad been obiterated and the terminal, only was 
d 
1890, 
2 Mie a asiim belonged to a family of Tirmizi gdp settled in 
Bhakkar and was well known as a poet and historian. uviedd Bveral 
Ahmad, then Diwan of the province. ‘‘ Nizam was just engaged in writ- 
ing his historical work, entitled Tabagat-i-Akbari, and soon became the 
friend of Mir M‘asim, who w as likewise well-versed in history... ..- 
In the 40th year, he was a aioe of 250. Akbar became very fond 
f ene and s him in 1012 ther Soe to Iran, w - e was 
received with "Giskind tion by Sha bas....+-- Fro he Akbar- 
namah (III, 416, 423, 546), a and Bins Tibet ory of Gujrat (p. iy, da see 
that Mir M‘asiim served in 992 end of the 28th year) in Gujrat 
present in the —_ of Maisfinah, ner ee n the final expedition se habe 
oohogp ang os in Kacch......< Gm was also skilled as a composer 
cer of inscriptions, and the Riy Baik -shu‘ara ‘says that on his 
travels’ he was ava iia a i! aahike rs. From India to Isfahan 
and Tabriz,...... are us mosques and public buildings 
whi adorned wigs me eg sav sriptions. Thus the inscriptions over 
the Pa ml — igh of Rerah , on the Ja _ i Pontigg of sie ad Par in 
Lue all by him.” Bloch Rest 4-5. 
