18 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.8S., XVII. 
bore either the name or some reference to the Sovereign..... 
The first money coined in the East Indies was at Bombay in 
the years 1671, when the Court of Directors gave instructions 
to their servants to establish a mint, and a few years later this 
measure was sanctioned by the Crown. Aclause in the charter 
granted by cee II, dated October 5th, 1677, empowered 
the Company “‘to stamp money at Bomba 
This half- apes also bears no date or - the name of the 
eee but appears to have been issued during the reign of 
Charles IT. 
I have not been able to refer to the works of Ruding and 
Bruce, nor to Mr. Thomas’s article in the Indian Antiquary, 
Bombay, 1882. 
Bombay, ) ©. BE. KorwAtt. 
31st January, 1919. 5 
Norr.—A rupee of this description was in the White King 
bolisetion: No. 988 of Schulman’s Sale Catalogue.—(Editor.) 
213. Tue OrriciAL Seal OF Prince A‘zam Shah. 
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Prince A‘zam Shah was the eldest son of Aurangzeb. At 
the time of his father’s death he was Governor of Gujarat and 
part of Central India. He disputed the succession with his 
brothers, prince Mu‘azzam (subsequently Shah ‘Alam Bahadur) 
and prince Kam Bakhsh, and struck coins in his own name in 
the years 1118 and 1119 A.H., all of the first regnal yea 
These are known in gold and silver of eight mints and are all 
rare. _A‘zam Shah was defeated and slain at the battle of Jajau 
near Agra in the year 1119 
I now illustrate a brass official seal of A‘zam Shah bearing 
the name of his Wazir Zain Khan which was dug up in the Old 
Fort, Delhi, during the winter of 1914-15. The seal itself is in 
the Delhi Museum. It was sent to me for identification and 
the mit ee Commissioner of Delhi kindly permitted me to 
publish it 
R. B. Wuirenerap, I.C.S. 
18th May, 1920. HITEHEAD, I.( 
