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of the whole globe, it is almost unrivalled. It has two forts, 
cutside of which are 360 quarters of a special kind which are 
called Porah, in each of which all requisites of a city are to be 
found. At the present time, only 84 of these are flourishing. 
The city contains 1000 stone mosques, each having two minarets 
and rare inscriptions.” Jarrett, Trans. ‘ Ain.’. II, 240. 
Champaner is styled Pe yxx* August or illustrious city, 
on some copper coins of Humayiin dated 942 A.H. The 
epithet is frequently met with, in conjunction with the name 
of the town, on the silver coins of Mahmid Begada of 
Gujarat from 895 to 904 A.H. That ruler “ raised a noble city 
at the base of the hill, bringing his ministers and court from 
Ahmadabad, made it his capital and styled it Mahmidabad 
(sic) Champaner” (‘ Imp. Gaz.’ X, 135). We have seen that 
Ahmadabad rejoiced in the designation pbae y+. Champaner 
or Muhammadabad, the rival capital, was now entitled sy 
nee. Both these appendages are really ‘‘ borrowed feathers.” 
In Persian and Arabic literature, the commonest epithet of 
Makka is 4ebac, that of the companion city of Medina, 4< 2 Se" 
The Gujarat Sultans appear to have transferred these honori- 
fics to their favourite foundations. The prefix se occurs in 
Abi Turab Wali’s ‘ History of Gujarat.’ 
wrys ps pee | The Lahor Museum possesses a Shah-rukhi 
of Babur having the simple mint-name. 9!‘ Camp,’ but the 
Akbar’s issues from the ‘Camp associated with Victory 
the thirty-fifth year of the reign purport to be of 1000 Hijri, 
and the date on all of them is not expressed as usual in 
Persian words or numerals, but by the Arabic vocable Uy. 
This fact has given rise to numerous speculations, and Mr. 
Lane Poole thinks it possible that “the name Urdu Zafar- 
karin may possess some mystical import,’ and may “ bear 
some such signification, in the mystical phraseology of the - 
Shi’ah, as ‘ Camp of the approaching triumph of the Faith.’” 
(B.M.C. lii). Mr. Whitehead does not go so far, but declares 
that ‘“‘ the phrase was coined by Akbar.” A study of Persian 
