64 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVII, 
ype o5e ‘Tab. Akb.’ 256 ; ‘ Badaoni,’ II, 165. 
JV Gauls 0 Badaoni,’ II, 108, 228; ‘Tab. Akb.’ 348. 
Lait Syae p50 
inf Badaoni,’ [I, 165. 
yy 
It is perhaps worth while to state that Kerbela (Wr 
Mashhad. i-Husain), “a place of pilgrimage of the Shi‘ite Mos- 
lems which is only less sacred to them than Mashhad-i-‘Ali 
and Mekka,” is called js=J; 4)! on the coins of the ‘Abbasides. 
Codrington, ‘ Manual of Musalman Numismatics,’ 130. 
yyy tts ‘ Abode of delight or enjoyment or gladness’ first 
attracts the attention of the numismatist on the Burhan- 
pur coins of Bahadur Shah, Shah ‘Alam I, but the epithet 
mes sac given to the town by Shah Jahan. That Emperor 
had more than once chosen it for his residence when sent by 
his father to pacify and restore Mughal authority in the 
Jahan Lodi. The author of the ‘Amal-i-Salih or Shahjahan- 
nama informs us that the Emperor made _ his official entry 
second year (1039 A.H.), at an auspicious 2 arenes paces | 
selabted: by the astrologers. He then proceeds thus 
coer J 8207 SE yg T lle Corp dgnme dong Ft SL ies ots 
io Ind. Text 370, ll. 1-3. 
es that pure locality (ltt. district) became the pride 
(lit. light of the countenance) of the world of land and water 
on Sosa of his happy arrival, and obtained the title of 
ru-s-Surtir from the blessing of the steps and the benefi- 
cence of oe dete of His Majest 
Sha n had moreover, alt here a palace for him- 
self in the ibys “ities fs was prince, and the beauties of the 
ieee and fountains and — of a suburb called 
| Khafi Khan has a similar statement, of which the source was prob- 
ably the Sha@hjahannama-i-Deh-saleh of Mirza Amina whic he more 
than once refers to as his authority for the period (Text, I, 248). 
swytylor ty xe? oT Bozayf play Adly CoS I! colem slo sty! 5 
= = : 
# D355 guy 
(Bibl. nok eae I, 424, Il. 20-21). 
** And the Empero r [Sha h Fata entered Burhanpir in the begin- 
ning of sacneae the second [1039 A.H.) and fostered} that city to be 
called Daru-s-surir.’’ 
